L 166/170
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EN
Official Journal of the European Union
30.6.2023
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH WHEELED PRODUCTS
Children’s products with wheels or castors (for transportation or other movement) shall be designed and manufactured in such a way that hazards associated with wheels or castors and unintentional movement are limited as much as possible.
Requirements for preventing hazards related to wheels/castors and unintentional movement shall be included for the following (where appropriate), but are not limited to: (a) All wheeled products shall be fitted with suitable locking device/s, which guarantee stability when required.
(b) All locking devices shall be safe in use.
(c) Wheeled children’s products shall have a parking function enabling them to be immobilised in a stable manner, regardless of the surface.
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ENTANGLEMENT HAZARDS
Children’s products shall be designed and manufactured in such a way that entanglement hazards are limited as much as possible.
Requirements shall be included for the following hazards (where appropriate), but are not limited to: (a) Snagging hazards.
(b) Snagging of textile products such as clothing components (fastenings, buttons, decorations, stitching or similar resulting in holes, gaps and openings or protruding parts in design).
(c) Strangulation hazards due to cords, ribbons, ties, cables or loops.
(d) Hazards due to monofilament threads.
(e) Hazards due to handles.
Standards shall clearly state safe dimensions and testing requirements in relation to cords, ribbons, ties, cables, loops and other entanglement hazards.
These measurements shall always reflect latest anthropometric data and relate specifically to knowledge regarding the safety of children.
Storage bags for products shall also be safe.
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CHOKING HAZARDS
Children’s products shall be designed and manufactured in such a way that choking hazards are eliminated.
Requirements for preventing hazards related to choking shall be included for the following (where appropriate), but are not limited to: (a) No part that can be detached by the force that a child could apply shall be small enough to present a choking hazard.
(b) No part shall break, tear or separate in use (e.g. when dropped) that is small enough to present a choking hazard.
(c) Any component that can be removed without the use of a tool shall not present a choking hazard.
(d) Any component that are so long that the gag reflex can be trigged if the child puts the product in the mouth, should not be allowed for children who are too young to sit up unaided due choking hazard.
(e) Stuffing materials that constitute choking hazards shall not become accessible when submitted to forces that a child could apply.
(f) Products shall not constitute hazards due to inhalation for the size of the elements they contain or because those elements become sufficiently small or accessible when submitted to the forces that a child could apply.
(g) Total size and shape of products shall be considered, and technical/mechanical solutions shall be applied where necessary (e.g. air holes in products where the choking hazard is present in normal and foreseeable use).
Standards shall clearly state safe dimensions and test requirements in relation to choking hazards.
These measurements shall always reflect latest anthropometric data and relate specifically to knowledge regarding the safety of children.