EU alert · Safety Gate Risk: Other types of alerts Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Children's dress — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. INFO/00092/20
Summary
The textile belt in the waist area is too long and may become trapped during various activities of the child, leading to injuries. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
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Product
Children's dress
- Dress with short sleeve, intended for 2-3 year-old girls. It is black in the upper part and mauve with white hearts in the lower part and has a black long functional textile belt to be tied at the back.
What is the risk?
- The textile belt in the waist area is too long and may become trapped during various activities of the child, leading to injuries. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 21/05/2020
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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