On December 23, 2016, the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX) issued a consumer warning (alert number: 12/1745/16) on the Chinese-made “SmileYes-BestKids” brand children’s set. The notifying country in this case is Cyprus. The product notified this time is a girl’s suit, which consists of a pink skirt, a white shirt and a pink cardigan jacket with pom-poms at the end of the rope. Size 12M. The product style/model is CNA502. The barcode is unknown. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development industry classification code (OECD Portal Category) is 67000000 – Clothing.
The rope tied to the chest of the jacket of the above-mentioned girl’s suit can easily get caught during children’s activities, which may cause suffocation. This product does not comply with the requirements of the relevant EU standard EN14682.
At present, the Cypriot authorities have taken measures to delist the above products.
To this end, it is recommended that relevant domestic production and export enterprises attach great importance to this. EU issues consumer warning on Chinese-made children’s suits
