{
  "alert_number": "0031/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0031-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13090",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-01-17",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 2,
    "date": "2008-01-18"
  },
  "category": "Lighting chains",
  "product": "Christmas lighting chain with 150 lamps (Luces navidad malla 150 Bombillas)",
  "brand_as_notified": "VIDAL",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Vidal",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/vidal"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Ref. 0216868",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Three-metre long lighting chain with 100 lamps that do not flash. The packaging is a red cardboard box with Christmas motifs and the statement 100% outdoor.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of electric shock because:the transformer is not compliant in respect of: - protection against adverse effects: the transformer did not pass the subsequent hygroscopic test,- it fails the test for electric strength between the active parts of the primary circuit and the active parts of the secondary circuit (double or reinforced insulation),- the transformer is classed according to the degree of protection against dust and moisture ingress as IP 20, whereas it should be IP 24 or higher,- the primary and the secondary circuits are not electrically separated;and because the luminaire is not compliant in respect of: - it is rated as Class II according to the kind of protection against electric shock, but  it is Class III in view of its SELV supply,- the terminals do not pass the test for the efficiency of permanent connections,- the wire does not pass the tensile test,- it does not pass the ball pressure test. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European Standard EN 60598.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected by the customs authorities",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected by the customs authorities.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Spain",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Ref. 0216868"
    ]
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}