{
  "alert_number": "SR/04388/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-04388-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10097015",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-12-15",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 51,
    "date": "2025-12-19"
  },
  "category": "Machinery",
  "product": "Electric bicycle",
  "brand_as_notified": "Evercross",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Evercross",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/evercross"
    }
  ],
  "name": "EK28 Electric Bikes",
  "model": "18650-13S5P, EK28, HLT-180-4202000",
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Electric bike with wall charger and removable battery. Product sold online, in particular via Amazon (ASIN: B0FV3BL4K8).",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Fire",
  "risk": "It is not possible to determine based on available documentation that there are sufficient battery protective systems in place to prevent thermal runaway from occurring. If the product is charged and left unattended overnight, a fault may occur potentially leading to the battery exploding and a fire starting. Improvements are also required for the product instructions, marking and labelling. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Machinery Directive.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected at border",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "22 Oct 2025"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace",
      "operator": "Other",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "28 Oct 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border\nDate of entry into force: 22/10/2025\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other\nCategory of measure(s): Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace\nDate of entry into force: 28/10/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "Amazon"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "People's Republic of China",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "models": [
      "18650-13S5P",
      "EK28",
      "HLT-180-4202000"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}