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SPEED — recall A12/0837/14

EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) · France · 2014-06-13 · Serious risk

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Agency
EU Safety Gate (RAPEX)
Recall identifier
A12/0837/14
Date of alert
2014-06-13
Country / jurisdiction
France
Risk level
Serious risk
Risk type
Chemical
Brand
Imagin
Product category
Toys
Product type
Radio-controlled car
Reported risk: Le produit présente un risque chimique car les pneus en plastique contiennent du bis(2-éthylhexyle) phtalate (DEHP) et du phtalate de dibutyle (DBP) au-dessus des niveaux autorisés (valeurs mesurées : 3,9 % DEHP et 3,6 % DBP). Selon le règlement REACH, les phtalates DEHP, DBP et BBP sont interdits dans tous les jouets et articles de puériculture, tandis que les phtalates DINP, DIDP et DNOP sont interdits lorsque le jouet ou l'article de puériculture peut être placé dans la bouche par les enfants.
Action taken by the authority
Type of economic operator taking notified measure
Other
Category of measure
Withdrawal of the product from the market
Date of entry into force
06/05/2014
Machine translation. This page was translated automatically from the English record we hold of the issuing authority’s notice. The English original is shown below and the authority’s own notice is linked above — both take precedence over this translation.

Product Name (original English): SPEED

Risk Description (original English): The product poses a chemical risk because the plastic tyres contain (bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) above the permitted levels (measured values: 3.9% DEHP and 3.6% DBP).According to the REACH Regulation, phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited when the toy or the childcare article can be placed in the mouth by children.

Primary source: https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/115393

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