{
  "alert_number": "A12/1645/16",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1645-16",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/237770",
  "safety_gate_published": "2016-12-06",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2016,
    "week": 50,
    "date": "2016-12-16"
  },
  "category": "Hobby/sports equipment",
  "product": "Self-balancing scooter",
  "brand_as_notified": "Unknown",
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Smart Balance Wheel",
  "model": "Scooter EBS-1510-Red. Battery charger WK-B4202000",
  "batch": "4897020577041",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [
    "4897020577041"
  ],
  "description": "Red self-balancing 2 wheel scooter (\"Hoverboard\"). Packaged in a cardboard box.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Electric shock, Fire",
  "risk": "null The battery charger supply unit supplied with the self-balancing scooter poses a risk ofelectric shock because the insulation is not sufficient and the clearance/creepage distances between the primary and secondary circuits are not sufficient. Moreover, the battery connector inside the scooter can overheat, causing a fire.The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive and the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "10 Nov 2016"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "10 Nov 2016"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 10/11/2016\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 10/11/2016",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Finland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "4897020577041"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Scooter EBS-1510-Red. Battery charger WK-B4202000"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}