|
|
 |
|
|
Legislation:
- For the European Commission to adopt legislation that requires isolation fencing, specifying the height of the fencing and require secure, self-latching gates.
- For the European Commission to adopt legislation that also requires retrofitting of existing pools and include enforcement provisions in order to be effective.
- For the European Commission to adopt legislation that requires rubber rings and arm bands that look like toys to have a warning label that should be on the packaging as well as the object itself indicating that they are indeed toys which do not guarantee any buoyancy in the water.
- For the European Commission to adopt legislation that requires bath seats have a vigilance pictogram on the product itself to warn parents to keep their children within arm’s reach when using the seat.
EU Collaboration:
- For the European Commission to create, update, and maintain surveillance databases of drownings in Europe. These databases should include near-drownings, information on circumstances of drowning, location, use of bath seat, nationality of victims, number of private and public pools, fencing types, and regulations throughout the EU.
- For the European Commission to support water safety experts throughout Europe to gather together and share expertise in order to assist with the design and assessment of existing and new product devices, and other good practices to reduce childhood drowning.
- For the European Commission to support joint European level campaigning for the issue of water safety to assist in the reduction of childhood drowning and increased awareness of this risk.
This information has been taken from the Fact sheet on Water Safety published by the Alliance in October 2006. This fact sheet is available here.
|
|
| |
|
|
