Pool School · Unknown

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.

Published: 20 September 2013
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): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures. Date of entry into force: 30/08/2013

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: A12/1268/13
Model: XL-0092
Batch: 6915574400924
Check-digit validated barcodes: 6915574400924

Classification

Category: Protective equipment
Risk type: Drowning
Country of origin: People's Republic of China

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