Vikideia · Children's sports suit - Vikideia fashion

The product poses a risk of strangulation due to the presence of drawstrings in the hood area of the sweatshirt. The product does 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: 08 May 2009
Notifying authority: Bulgaria
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

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 and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

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Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 0605/09
Model: Unknown

Classification

Category: Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Risk type: Strangulation
Country of origin: People's Republic of China

Product description

Children's sports suit in two parts: trousers and a sweatshirt with a hood containing drawstrings. On the front of the sweatshirt are printed images of butterflies and the inscriptions: "Vikideia fashion", in different colours. A cardboard label, attached to the sweatshirt, contains the name, composition: 100% cotton and size of the product. The product is sold without packaging.