EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-13
Unknown · Lighting chain
The product poses a risk of electric shock because: - the cover of the flashing device does not pass the hammer test, - the plug is non-compliant, - insulation is not sufficient, -the appropriate marking mentioning that the product is only for indoor use and the basic technical data are missing. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.
- Published
- 10 April 2009
- Notifying authority
- Slovakia
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0490/09
- Model
- 140L
Classification
- Category
- Lighting chains
- Risk type
- Electric shock
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
Product description
Christmas lighting chain with small, non-exchangeable, varicoloured bulbs, equipped with a flashing device. Packed in a blue cardboard box with winter landscape, the inscription "Christmas" and a picture of Santa Claus.