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Emergency position indicating radio beacon – GME “Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon”

Serious risk -

Published by Safety Gate 16 Jul 2014In the weekly report of 25 Jul 2014 (week 29, 2014)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Emergency position indicating radio beacon
Brand
GME
Name
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
Type / model
MT400/401/403
Batch numbers
Serial numbers 50101000 to 80250722. Units manufactured between January 2005 and February 2008. (official alert record)
Batch as notified
Serial numbers 50101000 to 80250722. Units manufactured between January 2005 and February 2008.
Barcode
80250722
Description
Emergency position indicating radio beacon for marine use used to alert the coastguard and rescue authorities in case of an emergency.
Risk
null A fault in the microprocessor may effectively shut the beacon down. As a consequence the beacon may not work in an emergency situation.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · from 4 Jul 2014
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
Australia
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1128/14
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1128/14
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2014-029 (XML)
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