{
  "alert_number": "A12/00910/20",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-00910-20",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10000056",
  "safety_gate_published": "2020-06-22",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2020,
    "week": 26,
    "date": "2020-06-26"
  },
  "category": "Electrical appliances and equipment",
  "product": "Battery for e-cigarettes",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "VTC6",
  "model": "VTC6 IMR 18650 3000mAh 3,7V",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Battery for e-cigarettes (type 18650).",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Burns, Fire, Injuries",
  "risk": "An external short circuit can occur in the battery, leading to an internal temperature and pressure increase. The battery and the device it is used for can consequently explode, releasing shrapnel and or/leading to a fire.   The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 62133-2.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Stop of sales",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "25 Mar 2020"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales\nDate of entry into force: 25/03/2020",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Belgium",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": true,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "VTC6 IMR 18650 3000mAh 3,7V"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}