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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/121",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 7 March 2013 on the safety requirements to be met by European standards for certain seats for children pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/121/EU)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 7 March 2013\non the safety requirements to be met by European standards for certain seats for children pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2013/121/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety, and in particular Article 4(1)(a) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nProducts which conform to national standards that transpose European standards drawn up under Directive 2001/95/EC and referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union benefit from a presumption of safety.\n(2)\nEuropean standards are to be drawn up on the basis of requirements intended to ensure that products which conform to them satisfy the general safety requirement set out in Article 3 of Directive 2001/95/EC.\n(3)\nEuropean standards EN 14988-1:2006 (Part 1: Safety requirements) and EN 14988-2:2006 (Part 2: Test methods) for children’s high chairs need to be revised. In particular, more stringent safety requirements need to be introduced with regard to falling and entanglement hazards.\n(4)\nEuropean standard EN 1272:1998 (Safety requirements and test methods) for table-mounted chairs is not referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union. As a consequence, national standards that transpose that European standard do not give rise to a presumption of safety.\n(5)\nNo European standards exist for children’s chairs or for chair-mounted seats.\n(6)\nIt is therefore appropriate to determine the requirements intended to ensure that such seats for children satisfy the general safety requirement set out in Article 3 of Directive 2001/95/EC.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on General Product Safety,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4."
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