Drowning

Children's swim vest

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Case number
A12/1268/13
Category
Protective equipment
Type / Model
XL-0092
Batch
6915574400924
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2013-09-20

⚠️ Risk

null The product poses a risk of drowning because the inflatable safety vest has three individual circles to be inflated with three valves; two of the valves are not reciprocating and allow free air leakage while the requirement states that the valves and stoppers shall be reciprocating and allow controlled reduction of pressure. Furthermore, the product does not contain the necessary warnings and instructions for use.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measuresDate of entry into force: 30/08/2013

Children's inflatable, safety vest in yellow colour, size: 58 x 48cm, intended for children weighing up to 25 kg. On the front there are inscriptions in a foreign language: STEP А, B, C, POOL SCHOOL ™, STEP B, SWIM VEST; at the back there are warnings in English. There are also three valves with th