EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-10
ARPEX · Balloons with whistles – set of four
The product poses a risk of choking because the whistle can be detached and it fully fits into the small parts cylinder. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
- Published
- 20 March 2009
- Notifying authority
- Poland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0370/09
- Model
- EAN 5907667211235.
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5907667211235
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Choking
- Country of origin
- Spain
Product description
The toy is a set of four balloons, made of pink, navy blue, light blue and orange rubber, with whistles made of red plastic. The label attached to the packaging of the toy contains the following information: CE mark, barcode, the inscription: “Made in Spain”; the name and the address of the distributor, information and warnings: “Store in a temperature of +10°C”, “Made of natural rubber”, "Attention! Only for children over 8 years. Risk of choking or suffocation”, “The supervision of an adult required” etc.