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Ref : EIC 230/2/12
12 March 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 213/2013
European Union (EU) * : Safety Requirements for Certain Children Seats
The European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Decision setting out the specific safety requirements for certain children's seats including chair-mounted seats, children's chairs, children's high chairs and table-mounted chairs to ensure their compliance with the requirements referred in Articles 3 and 4(1) of the Directive 2001/95/EC. Details are set out in the Commission Decision 2013/121/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:065:0023:0034:EN:PDF
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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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