1943/1023 December 2010

Children’s sweatshirts

Billabong <font color="#ff0000">(MAY BE COUNTERFEIT)</font>

Clothing, textiles and fashion itemsStrangulation

Notifying country: Bulgaria
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: No

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What is the danger

The product poses a risk of strangulation because of the presence of drawstrings in the hood. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.

Measures taken

Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other

Product

Description: Children’s sweatshirts, brand Billabong, with a hood that has functional cords. On the front of one of the sweatshirts there are appliquéd patterns of flowers and another appliquéd pattern with the inscription: Billabong. It also has pockets. The other sweatshirt is mainly white with cyclamen stripes. There is a label attached to the product, which contains information about the composition: 100% cotton and another cardboard label with the inscription Billabong. The product is sold without packaging
Brand: Billabong <font color="#ff0000">(MAY BE COUNTERFEIT)</font>
Model / type: Unknown

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: 1943/10 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2010-51
Published: 23 December 2010
Corrigendum: Corrigendum Notification 1563/10 from report 43 in year 2010 has been updated following additional information on product description provided by the notifying country. Notification 1760/10 from report 48 in year 2010 has been updated following additional information on risk description provided by the notifying country.