{
  "alert_number": "0602/09",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/0602-09",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-15198",
  "safety_gate_published": "2009-05-07",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2009,
    "week": 17,
    "date": "2009-05-08"
  },
  "category": "Lighting chains",
  "product": "Lighting chain",
  "brand_as_notified": "Microlampadas multifuncoes",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Microlampadas Multifuncoes",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/microlampadasmultifuncoes"
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "model": "140L",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Lighting chain consisting of 140 miniature light bulbs (rice lights); coloured yellow, green, blue, red; provided with a control device for changing the lighting effects; with a rated voltage of complete chain 220 V marked on the packaging; plug with symbols 2.5А 250V, 50Hz. The packaging is a cardboard box in dark blue with tiny white spots and pictures of Santa Claus in a sledge. There are printed instructions in Bulgarian with the name and address of the importer.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock",
  "risk": "The product poses a risk of electric shock because: - the supply cord have only basic insulation, - the conductors of the supply cord have a cross-section area of less than 0.5 mm²,- the lighting chains are not marked with the maximum rated wattage, - information contained in the instructions for use inform the user that the lighting chains can be used in both closed and open areas, which is misleading as they are obviously intended for use in closed areas only. The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60598.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Sales ban and withdrawal from the market 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): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Bulgaria",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "140L"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}