Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau WTO office news, the European Commission recently released a cause for potential risks to children's curtain cords and safety devices of the first 2011/477/EU resolution listed on the use of interior blinds, rope window covering products with specific safety and security devices and information requirements, the purpose is to prevent child strangulation strangulation risk. The resolution was August 17, 2011 to take effect.

The release of the new directive for the curtains with a rope design of the safety requirements: such as rope or chain shall not form a dangerous circle; design products should provide the appropriate safety devices; safety devices should be used as an integral part of the product; integrity of safety equipment should be non-rope or chain in the state, to be indicated on the label warning information; to protect children from the safe operation of equipment, ensure that no sharp edges and protrusions, etc. The products involved include Roman blinds, Austrian/flower spike with satin shutters, panel shutters, ventilation windows, shutter, and other potentially dangerous with rope, chain structure of the products, such as curtains, mosquito net, etc. In the future, such products will be in accordance with European standards requires the implementation of the directive.

In recent years the world curtain cords caused by frequent casualties, according to statistics, in 1998, 129 children since the European Union by curtains or draperies rope cord injury and was taken to hospital; 2008-2010 period, Ireland, Britain, Finland, the Netherlands and Turkey, a total of 10 fatal accidents occurred; Since 1999, U.S. 119 and curtain rope-related deaths occurred; since 1986, 28 from Canada; Australia since 2000 with 10 cases related fatalities.

Children exposed rope curtains easily attracted toIn the course of play easily curtain cords of the neck caused by suffocation risk, the United States, the European Union have repeatedly produced in China, roller blinds, Roman blinds and other high-volume implementation of the recall, with a rope curtain safety issues caused by the more and more attention by all countries the U.S. has this year released a new version of "ANSI/WCMA A100.1 rope curtain with the latest product safety standards" for the curtain to provide a more clear and precise product definition, and also devoted to the Roman shutter curtain and the specific testing requirements and procedures. The European Union issued Resolution No. 2011/477/EU again curtains export business security alarm sounded. coupled with the United States and Europe has always been a major exporter in Ningbo, and textiles is Ningbo, an important feature of export products, the inspection and quarantine departments to remind the export enterprises should strictly follow the new U.S. and EU safety standards for production, particular attention is to avoid exposure to children can be exposed rope, causing dangerous strangle; warned consumers For families with small children to make use of without rope curtains.

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