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Your custom card printing project just got a safer, faster route to Europe. Our custom card line has passed CE compliance under the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, completing EN71-1, EN71-2 and EN71-3 testing. For brands, publishers and Amazon EU sellers sourcing playing cards, flashcards, tarot decks or board-game cards aimed at users under 14, this CE certified result de-risks how you launch children’s card games, tarot decks and board game components across the European market.
THRIWA’s custom card printing line, certified to CE-EN71-1/2/3 for EU-bound playing cards, tarot decks and flashcards.
When buyers ask us “Can your cards ship to the EU?” the answer used to come with a few caveats. Today, it comes with a certificate. We’re pleased to announce that our custom card manufacturing has met the EU’s core toy-safety benchmark — so your next European launch starts from a compliant baseline instead of a last-minute lab scramble.
Official EN71 Certificate of Compliance for THRIWA custom printed cards (Model THR-CARDS-PA), issued by Shenzhen ZKT Technology Co., Ltd.
A lot of people assume “it’s just printed paper, so it’s exempt.” Under EU law, that is not how it works. If a card deck is intended for play, learning or entertainment by children under 14 — think educational flashcards, kids’ memory games, family card games or tarot marketed as a game — it falls inside the scope of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. That means EN71 compliance is not optional.
Paper looks harmless, but the real risk points are easy to miss:
EN71-1, EN71-2 and EN71-3 form the baseline triple-check for all of that — and our custom cards now clear it.
Each part of the EN71 standard targets a different failure mode. Together they confirm that a deck is safe to put in a child’s hands.
This part validates edge sharpness, small-part detachment, drop and torsion abuse, and (for younger age bands) choking simulation. On cards it mostly confirms clean die-cutting, no loose coating flakes, and structural integrity after rough handling.
This measures the horizontal burn rate of the paper substrate, varnish and lamination. Normal art board passes easily; heavy PVC-like coatings or unusual films are where failures tend to show up.
This is the part buyers care about most. It simulates saliva and acid contact, then measures how much lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, barium and other restricted elements can migrate out of the ink, paper and surface finish. We locked our ink suppliers to EN71-3-compliant grades before mass production — not after.
CE-EN71 mark: the baseline safety benchmark for EU-bound playing cards, flashcards and tarot decks.
EN71-1/2/3 is the core triad. For solvent-heavy inks or strong-odor glue we can also support EN71-9 organic compound testing on request — many Amazon EU category reviewers ask for it.
If you’re briefing us on a deck that will carry a “3+” or “6+” label — or sit on a shelf next to other toys in Germany, France, the Netherlands or Scandinavia — here is the practical upside:
Passing once isn’t the same as staying compliant. Our internal rule keeps every children-targeted batch inside the certified build:
Adult-only products. If your custom deck is adult-only tarot, poker or promo cards with no child-use claim, EN71 isn’t mandatory — but it doesn’t hurt, and we can still produce to the same clean-margin, low-migration ink standard.
Children-adjacent products. If your deck is a kids’ flashcard set, a family card game, a TCG-style starter pack with a 10+ rating, or a board-game insert destined for the EU — our CE-EN71-1/2/3 pass means you start the project from a compliant baseline instead of scrambling for a lab at the end.
Want the test scope, applicable age band and material list mapped to your specific deck? Send us your spec and we’ll tell you whether your finish choices stay inside the current certified build or need a top-up test.
Email info@gzsanwa.comIf your deck is intended for play, learning or entertainment by anyone under 14 — including educational flashcards, kids’ memory games, family card games or tarot marketed as a game — it falls inside the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. In that case EN71-1, EN71-2 and EN71-3 are mandatory, and our CE certified build already meets them.
EN71-1 covers mechanical and physical safety — clean die-cutting, no sharp edges, no small-part detachment. EN71-2 measures flammability of the paper, varnish and lamination. EN71-3, the part buyers care about most, simulates saliva and acid contact to measure migration of restricted heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury from the ink, paper and coating.
For strictly adult-only products with no child-use claim, EN71 is not mandatory. That said, producing to the same clean-margin, low-migration ink standard is a low-cost safety upgrade, and we can still build your deck to that spec on request.
Yes. Our EN71-3 profile is locked to a fixed substrate and fixed ink set. Any new finish — metallic foil, neon spot UV, embossing or a new eco-varnish — changes the material build, so we re-screen at the lab before mass production and tell you at the proof stage, not after.
Yes. Every children-targeted project ships with our EN71 test report and a PDF reference, so your importer’s EU technical file is half-built before the container leaves the factory.
Because the substrate, core inks and standard lamination are already qualified, most repeat builds need no extra testing. A new finish that triggers a top-up test typically adds a short lab window — we map that to your deck during spec review so there are no surprises at the end.
