Babies' swimming neck-ring

Baby Swimmer · Zwemband rond de hals ('Neck swimming ring')

Protective equipmentDrowning

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Belgium
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: Yes

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What is the danger

When the stoppers of the valves are not correctly closed, the swim ring loses too much air (up to 55%) and buoyancy is not guaranteed leading to a risk of drowning.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment directive and the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 21 October 2016

Product

Description: Inflatable neck ring to help babies float. The product is sold in a plastic bag.
Brand: Baby Swimmer
Batch: Models affected were produced before 1 August 2017. Since then, the TÜV GS logo has been placed on the product and the packaging. The date of production has also been placed on the packaging todistinguish the compliant products from the affected models, which are the subject of this notification.

Original source

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

Alert number: A11/0126/16 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2016-051
Published: 14 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 Notification A12/1677/16 has been withdrawn from Report-2016-050 following request of the notifying national authority.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.

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