EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-16
LAMPA · Rubber solution in bicycle repair kit
The product poses a chemical risk because the benzene content is higher than that permitted under the Chemical Restriction Directive 76/769/EEC. Given that benzene is classified as a Category I carcinogen, the risk is posed by contact and inhalation.
- Published
- 25 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Italy
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0451/08
- Model
- Kit RIP-2 and RIP-1. Bar code 8 000692 942628 article 9426.2 and code 8 000692 942611 article 9426.1
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 8000692942611 · 8000692942628
Classification
- Category
- Chemical products
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Two repair kits: kit RIP-2 contains an 8 ml tube of rubber solution bearing the words "RED SUN" and representations of an orange flame and skull on a white background, one spatula for applying solution with small file, two patches of 25 mm, four patches of 25 x 35 mm and two patches of 35 x 50 mm. Kit RIP 1 contains a tube of rubber solution identical to that contained in kit RIP-2 and the following accessories: two tyre removers in anti-scratch nylon, one spanner and one spatula for applying solution with a small file, two patches of 25 mm, two patches of 25 x 35 mm and one patch of 35 x 50 mm.