Toys, cosmetics, clothes and other consumer goods
There are safety and compliance requirements for toys, cosmetics, clothing and some other consumer goods imported from outside the EU as well as from within the EU. You can check the requirements on Tukes’ webpage Products and services.
How products are controlled
Customs can take samples from the product batch for examination. Customs supervises for example the mechanical and chemical properties of toys, levels of formaldehyde in textiles, prohibited and restricted ingredients in cosmetics as well as concentrations of heavy metals in imitation jewellery. Warning markings and other product labels are also inspected.
- Toys (products and materials meant for children under the age of 14)
- Clothes and other textiles for babies and toddlers (under the age of two)
- Clothes with cords and strings meant for children and youths
- Textile and leather products (e.g. underwear, bed linen, gloves)
- Metallic objects that come into contact with the skin (e.g. imitation jewellery, watchbands, press studs, zippers)
- Child care supplies (e.g. changing mats, diapers, bibs, pacifier chains)
- Cosmetics
- Candles and lanterns
- Plastic supplies, such as office and school supplies, cleaning supplies and sports equipment.
If you import cosmetics
Check if the composition statement is available and if it corresponds to the product batch.
Submit the product labels (if they are not already on the product) and the composition statement along with the sample or according to the instruction in the customs declaration to the Customs Laboratory.
If you import toys
Submit the product labels (if they are not already on the product) along with the sample or according to the instructions in the customs declaration to the Customs Laboratory. The legislation on toys requires a CE marking, see more on the page: Conformity of products
Customs can take samples from the product batch for examination.
In order to speed up the processing of the batch to be declared, you can make an advance inquiry on taking samples if there is an invoice and a packing list for the batch to be imported.
What to do when you import from within the EU
- Customs also has the right to take samples from consumer goods that arrive from within the EU. When asked, be prepared to provide Customs with information about the arriving goods. Read more about sampling on the page Imports of foods and consumer goods
- Send the product labels (if they are not already on the product) with the sample to the Customs Laboratory.