Novelty lighter

The lighter is appealing to children and can easily be mistaken for a toy. Children may play with it and suffer burns or cause a fire. No lighter should be appealing to children. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive and the relevant European standard EN 13869.

Published: 28 May 2021
Notifying authority: Bulgaria
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Retailer. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 16/04/2021

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: INFO/00115/21

Classification

Category: Lighters
Risk type: Burns, Fire
Country of origin: Not published

Product description

Billiard ball-shaped lighter, plastic, in different colours: white, white with a wide yellow stripe in the middle and an underlined number 9.