On 21 Dec 2015, the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) officially promulgated JIS L 4129-2015 “Safety of Children’s Clothing – Cords and Drawstrings on Children’s Clothing – Specification” as a voluntary safety standard. The safety standard was published as a draft FD JIS L 4129 on 23 June 2014, for the industry to comment and for the preparation of compliance for the new safety requirements.

Being the first safety standard for children’s clothing in Japan, JIS L 4129 is written in the similar direction as the EU drawstrings standard EN 14682. The new standard aims to prevent children from being involved in accidents caused by such cords and drawstrings, to make children’s clothing with more safety-related consideration be circulated in the market, and to avoid the trade obstacles with Europe and the United States. The safety standard stipulates the safety requirements for cords and drawstrings on different body parts of children’s clothing for 2 different age groups; young children of 0-7 years of age; and older children of 7-13 years of age.

Scope:

The requirement of cords and drawstrings attached to children’s clothing for children less than 13 years of age

Age Group:

Young Child--aged from birth to age 7 years

Older Child and Young person--aged from 7 to 13 years

Body Part Definition:

Section A - head and shoulder area

Section B - chest and waist area

Section C - area below hip

Section D - back area

Section E - wrist area

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