{
  "alert_number": "INFO/00005/21",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/info-00005-21",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10002750",
  "safety_gate_published": "2021-01-18",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2021,
    "week": 3,
    "date": "2021-01-22"
  },
  "category": "Motor vehicles",
  "product": "Light Bulb",
  "brand_as_notified": "CARPOINT",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Carpoint",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/carpoint"
    }
  ],
  "name": "CARPOINT halogen super white H4",
  "model": "E13 271",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Pack of 2 replacement H4 halogen light bulbs with marking MICHIBA H4 12V60/55W E13 271 1810. The product is sold online, in particular via Amazon.",
  "production_dates": "2016-2019",
  "risk_type": "Injuries",
  "risk": "As the approval certificate is counterfeit, the conformity of the product could not be approved by the competent authority. As a consequence, the light emitted might be too strong and dazzle the eyes of other drivers or too weak and the driver may not see the road well, increasing the risk of an accident. There is a valid UNECE-R37 type approval from the Luxembourgish authority for a H4 light bulb from another manufacturer in China. The certificate provided by the importer (of the described product) was counterfeit and mentioned a manufacturer in Taiwan.",
  "risk_level": "Other types of alerts",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Withdrawal of the product from the market",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "19 Nov 2020"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market\nDate of entry into force: 19/11/2020",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "Amazon"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Luxembourg",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": true,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "2016-2019"
    ],
    "models": [
      "E13 271"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}