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EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-51

Billabong <font color="#ff0000">(MAY BE COUNTERFEIT)</font> · Children’s sweatshirts

The product poses a risk of strangulation because of the presence of drawstrings in the hood. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14682.

Published
24 December 2010
Notifying authority
Bulgaria
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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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 alert
Safety Gate reference
1943/10
Model
Unknown
Category
Clothing, textiles and fashion items
Risk type
Strangulation
Country of origin
Not published

Children’s sweatshirts, brand Billabong, with a hood that has functional cords. On the front of one of the sweatshirts there are appliquéd patterns of flowers and another appliquéd pattern with the inscription: Billabong. It also has pockets. The other sweatshirt is mainly white with cyclamen stripes. There is a label attached to the product, which contains information about the composition: 100% cotton and another cardboard label with the inscription Billabong. The product is sold without packaging