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Pool School children's swim vest — drowning risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskDrowningSep 20, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Pool School children's swim vest — drowning risk
Photo from the official notice: Pool School children's swim vest — drowning risk
Photo from the official notice: Pool School children's swim vest — drowning risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product poses a risk of drowning because the inflatable safety vest has three individual circles to be inflated with three valves; two of the valves are not reciprocating and allow free air leakage while the requirement states that the valves and stoppers shall be reciprocating and allow controlled reduction of pressure. Furthermore, the product does not contain the necessary warnings and instructions for use.The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 13138-1.

Measures taken

  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures — Other (30/08/2013)

Product description

Children's inflatable, safety vest in yellow colour, size: 58 x 48cm, intended for children weighing up to 25 kg. On the front there are inscriptions in a foreign language: STEP А, B, C, POOL SCHOOL ™, STEP B, SWIM VEST; at the back there are warnings in English. There are also three valves with th

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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