EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Swim seat Fangda “Sea 700” — risk: drowning
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1494/13
Summary
null Since the product has no instructions, warnings, advice or recommendations for use, this may cause improper use of the product in water, entailing a risk of drowning.The product poses a risk of drowning because it has elements that give the impression that it is a toy.The product also does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 13138.
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Product
Swim seat — Fangda
- Brand
- Fangda
- Name / model
- Sea 700 · Unknown
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Inflatable swim seat in the form of a car with steering wheel, packed in a plastic bag with a card insert on which appears 'Steer Device Yacht Fangda,' and various texts in a language other than Spanish.
What is the risk?
- null Since the product has no instructions, warnings, advice or recommendations for use, this may cause improper use of the product in water, entailing a risk of drowning.The product poses a risk of drowning because it has elements that give the impression that it is a toy.The product also does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 13138.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 18/07/2013
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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