OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beginning July 20, 2011, toys and children’s products sold in Europe must comply with the new EU Toy Directive 2009/48/EC. To help manufacturers and importers ensure compliance, Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries, developed iComply™, a user-friendly, web-based artificial intelligence application facilitating collaborative supply chain assembly of technical files.

The new EU Toy Directive identifies updated record-keeping requirements with which manufacturers must comply. These stipulate that manufacturers must complete, provide upon request and retain for 10 years the following items:

• EC Declaration of Conformity (DoC) that ensures a specific product meets all applicable safety provisions, including documentation required in Modules A, B and/or C
• Complete technical documentation that should contain a detailed product description, safety assessment, description of conformity assessment procedure, EC declaration of conformity, test reports and copy of the EC-type examination certificate
• Safety assessments to identify potential hazards and the exposure to such hazards as outlined under Article 18

iComply™ is a user-friendly compliance application built on artificial intelligence that offers web-based convenience to:

• Guide you through the compliance process (identifies requirements, prompts testing) for Modules A, B and/or C
• Help you demonstrate due diligence
• Capture compliance documentation
• Generate compliance certificates (EU DoC)
• Manage compliance without increase of staff / costs

iComply™ is now available for an annual fee of $99 USD. iComply™ not only ensures compliance with the new EU Toy Directive, but also features a module for the forthcoming U.S. CPSIA Testing and Certification Rule, with modules in development for the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and U.S. California Proposition 65.

About Intertek

Intertek (www.intertek.com) is a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and certification, Intertek people are dedicated to adding value to customers’ products and processes, supporting their success in the global marketplace. Intertek has the expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through its network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 30,000 people in more than 100 countries around the world.

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