EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-14
XOOPS · Children's sweatshirt tops and jacket
The products pose a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the neck area. The products do not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682, according to which garments intended for young children aged from birth to age 7 years “shall not be designed, manufactured or supplied with drawstrings, functional cords or decorative cords in the hood or neck area”.
- Published
- 17 April 2009
- Notifying authority
- Lithuania
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0515/09
- Model
- (i) sweatshirt for girls, name: XOOPS, mod: RZ7NR6, (ii) sweatshirt for boys, name: IN STYLE, mod: RZ8HX35, (iii) jacket for girls, name: IN STYLE, mod: PV9KE1.
Classification
- Category
- Clothing, textiles and fashion items
- Risk type
- Strangulation
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
(i) sweatshirt top for girls (size 128 cm) with drawstrings with knots at the end in the hood area, (ii) sweatshirt top for boys (size 128 cm) with drawstrings in the hood area, (iii) jacket for girls (size 92-128 cm) with a hood containing elastic drawstrings with plastic toggles on the ends.