Children’s sweatshirt

WATCH ME

Clothing, textiles and fashion itemsStrangulation

Country of origin: Türkiye
Notifying country: Bulgaria

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Requirements breached

The cords in the hood of the sweatshirt may become trapped during various activities of the child, causing a risk of strangulation. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 23 November 2016

Product

Description: Children’s grey sweatshirt with hood and with an image of a bear with glasses on the front. Sample size: 4 years.
Brand: WATCH ME

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1694/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-051
Published: 13 December 2016
Corrigendum: Notification A12/0502/16, in Report-2016-017, has been downgraded to art 11 due to new assessment of the applicable standard and risk (A11/0130/16). Notification A12/1677/16 has been withdrawn from Report-2016-050 following request of the notifying national authority. The production dates in notifications A12/1571/16 and A12/1572/16, in Report-2016-048, have been updated following new information on the extension of the recall.