EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Protective equipment
Inflatable armbands “Unknown” — risk: drowning
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1121/15
Summary
null The product poses a risk of drowning because it does not contain the necessary warnings and instructions for use in Bulgarian or other languages. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.
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Product
Inflatable armbands
- Name / model
- Unknown · XL-0011; XL-0012; XL-0059
- Batch number(s)
- 6915574400115; 6915574400122; 6915574400597
- Category
- Protective equipment
- Children’s inflatable armbands in various colours and with various pictures, packed in transparent plastic packages.
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of drowning because it does not contain the necessary warnings and instructions for use in Bulgarian or other languages. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product
- Date of entry into force: 14/07/2015
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Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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