{
  "alert_number": "0396/08",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0396-08",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-13451",
  "safety_gate_published": "2008-04-10",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2008,
    "week": 14,
    "date": "2008-04-11"
  },
  "category": "Furniture",
  "product": "Convertible library chair/stepladder",
  "brand_as_notified": "Unknown",
  "brands": [],
  "name": null,
  "model": "Unknown",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Standard chair dimensions. Wooden chair which converts into a stepladder, brown in colour and sold wrapped in grey embossed paper.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of injuries because:– the seat base locking mechanism is not automatic, and unintentional movement of parts creates the risk of entrapment between the diagonal supports of the seat,– the spaces between the rungs and the distance between the ground and the upper surface of the first rung are not even,– the distance between the outer edges of the side members, measured at ground level (377mm), is smaller than the minimum width required (387mm),– the depth of the upper platform is far smaller than the minimum required (80mm, compared to 200mm min.),– the angle from the horizontal of the front edge of all the rungs is less than 45°,– the angle from the horizontal of an imaginary straight line drawn between the external edge of the rear feet and the rear edge of the platform is greater than 87° (value measured: 103°),– there is no locking mechanism when used in stepladder position,–there are pinching and squeezing points where the seat rung meets the supporting crosspiece,–sharp edges exist at the front of the rungs and the axis of the joining hinges.The product does not comply with the European standard EN 12520.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the 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): Withdrawal from the market and recall from consumers ordered by the authorities.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "France",
  "country_of_origin": "Indonesia",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "Unknown"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}