On June 19, 2015, the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX) issued a consumer warning on China’s “UNDER18” brand children’s shorts. The notifying country in this case is Bulgaria. The product reported this time is orange children’s shorts with two pockets and an adjustable drawstring about 30 cm long at the waist. The shorts have “VansityUnder18” printed on them. Sample size is 4A. The style/model number of the above product is M-1215. The OECD Portal Category industry classification code is 67000000 (clothing).
The above-mentioned children’s shorts can easily bring the risk of injury to children. The drawstring at the waist of the shorts may strangle the relevant parts of the child during strenuous activities, causing injury to the child. This product does not comply with the relevant provisions of the relevant European standard EN14682.
At present, the Bulgarian authorities have taken compulsory measures to withdraw the above products from the market.
To this end, it is recommended that relevant domestic production and export enterprises attach great importance to this. EU issues consumer warning on Chinese children’s shorts
