Suffocation

Children's jacket

ALOUETTE
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Case number
1543/08
Category
Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Type / Model
Model: 04960009 Jacket Princeton College, Code: 0118 White, Bar code: 5 206123 340343
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇷 Greece
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
Published
2009-01-09

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of suffocation due to the presence of protruding elastic drawstrings in the hood area. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682, according to which on garments for children aged from 7 to 14 years and concerning drawstrings when the garment opening is at its largest and the garment is laid flat there shall be no protruding loop.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Corrective actions by the importer ordered by the authorities.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Jacket in white and blue with a zip and a hood containing red elastic drawstrings. On the front of the jacket there is an embroidered pattern depicting an emblem and the name of the product. There are two cardboard labels attached to the jacket; the first is marked: “Alouette planet kid”. The second label contains the price, the composition, colour and barcode of the product and the following marking in Greek and in English: “Jacket Princeton”. Composition: 100% polyester. Size: 8 years, height 128 cm.