Lighting Recalls in the EU 2024–2026
A continuously-updated index of 440 serious lighting recalls across the EU (2024-01-05 – 2026-10-30), compiled from the EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) and national consumer-protection authorities. Each entry links to the official government alert.
Where these recalls were reported
| Hungary | 193 |
| Slovakia | 57 |
| Sweden | 40 |
| Poland | 25 |
| Germany | 22 |
| Spain | 21 |
| United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland | 17 |
| Czechia | 15 |
| France | 11 |
| Lithuania | 10 |
| Belgium | 6 |
| Romania | 6 |
Most recent serious recalls
2024-09-20 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug and socket are inadequate. The user can touch accessible live parts, which may cause an…
2024-09-20 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material in the cable has excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (measured values: up to 19% and 1.1% by weight, respec…
2024-09-20 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug do not comply with the specifications. The product is not protected against moisture bu…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug and socket do not comply with the specifications. The user can consequently touch live…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug do not comply with the specifications. The user can touch accessible live parts, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical insulation is inadequate. As a result the user can receive an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. Moreover, the dimensions of the connection …
2024-09-13 · Lithuania · Serious risk · official alert
The power cord and LED lights lack a secure fixing device, leaving the garland vulnerable to twisting. Furthermore, the power cord can break easily, causing the LED wire snapped immediately. The LED p…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug are too small. The user could consequently touch live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The active pins of the cord extension socket are accessible. The product is not protected against moisture but is r…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The user could consequently touch live part…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The insulation of the wires is inadequate. The user could consequently touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored (missing cable strain relief) and the product has inadequate insulation, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the connection plug and socket do not comply with the specifications. The user can touch accessible live pa…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product has inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the power socket do not comply with the specifications. The user could touch accessible live parts, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-09-13 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The product has inadequate insulation. The structure of the socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The product is not protected against moisture but is recom…
2024-09-06 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
The electrical strength is insufficient and a user could receive an electric shock from accessible live parts.…
2024-09-06 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The user could consequently touch…
2024-09-06 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored and there is no strain relief for the main connection lead. The product has inadequate insulation and is not protected against moisture but is recommended for outdoo…
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The product is not protected agai…
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The user could consequently touch…
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of the connection …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of the connection …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The power lead is not securely anchored to the electronic unit and sufficiently secured against pulling out. The insulation of the power lead is inadequate. The structure of the cord extension allows …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of the connection …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of the connection …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The dimensions of the mains plug are inappropriate. The user could consequently touch accessible live parts and rec…
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The product is not protected against moisture but is recommended for outdoor use. The water could penetrate the pro…
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of the connection …
2024-08-30 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is not properly anchored and too thin. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation. The structure of the cord extension socket allows single-pole insertion of plugs. The dimensions of th…
2024-08-23 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The power lead is not securely anchored to the electronic unit and sufficiently secured against pulling out. The insulation of the power lead is inadequate. The dimensions of the main plug are too sma…
2024-08-23 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The insulation of the accessible wires is inadequate. The dimensions of the main plug are too small. The user could consequently touch live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-08-23 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product has insufficient insulation. Additionally, the dimensions of the mains plug are inappropriate. Consequently, the user could touch accessible live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-08-16 · Poland · Serious risk · official alert
The product's insulation is inadequate, it may get damaged leaving access to live parts. The lamp's attachment clip does not hold the product securely. The lamp may detach or slide off, in consequence…
2024-08-09 · Slovakia · Serious risk · official alert
When the protective cover of the lamp is removed, live parts are accessible. The user could receive an electric shock from live parts.
Furthermore, the product lacks an earthing contact with a flexibl…
2024-07-26 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power lead is not securely anchored to the electronic unit and sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the electronic unit is not sufficient and its cover can be easil…
2024-07-26 · Poland · Serious risk · official alert
The metal screws to fix the lamp to the ceiling protrude into wireways which may damage the wire insulation. The user could consequently touch live parts and receive an electric shock. Moreover, the s…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power supply is not securely anchored to the electronic unit or sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the electronic unit is not sufficient and its cover can be easi…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power lead is not securely anchored to the electronic unit and sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the electronic unit is not sufficient, the cover can be easily r…
2024-07-19 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The product is not protected against moisture but is recommended for outdoor use. Water could penetrate the product, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power supply is not securely anchored to the controller and sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the controller is not sufficient, the cover can be easily removed f…
2024-07-19 · Spain · Serious risk · official alert
The cable is too thin, which can lead the lighting chain to overheat and cause burns and/or fire.…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power lead is not securely anchored to the electronic unit or sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the electronic unit is not sufficient and its cover can be easily…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power supply is not securely anchored to the controller and sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the controller is not sufficient, the cover can be easily removed f…
2024-07-19 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power supply is not securely anchored to the controller and sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the controller is not sufficient, the cover can be easily removed f…
2024-06-28 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The swinging socket allows a single pole insertion. As a result, the user could touch the accessible live pin, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-06-28 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has an excessive concentration of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (measured value up to 1.8% by weight). This phthalate poses a risk to human health.…
2024-06-28 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The plastic material of the cable has excessive concentrations of diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (measured values up to 0.46% and 0.14% by weight, respectively). These phthala…
2024-06-21 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The plug can be connected to the socket with only one pole. As a result from the one-pole connection, the user could touch the accessible live pin, which may cause an electric shock.…
2024-05-31 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 11% by weight). Lead poses a risk to the environment.…
2024-05-31 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The power supply is not securely anchored to the electronic unit or sufficiently secured against pulling out, the mechanical strength of the electronic unit is not sufficient and its cover can be easi…
2024-05-10 · Sweden · Serious risk · official alert
The housing of the socket-nightlight can break easily, leaving live parts accessible and this could lead to an electric shock. Furthermore, the housing is not fire resistant.…
2024-05-10 · Romania · Serious risk · official alert
The dimensions of the mains plug are too small. The electrical insulation of the power supply is insufficient. The user could consequently touch live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-05-03 · Romania · Serious risk · official alert
The power cable of the product is not adequately insulated. The user may touch the accessible live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-05-03 · Czechia · Serious risk · official alert
The electronic unit is not adequately protected with a cover or power supply, making live parts accessible. The user could touch live parts and receive an electric shock.…
2024-04-12 · Spain · Serious risk · official alert
As the cross-section of the cable is smaller than specified, it may overheat, which could cause a fire and risk of burns.…
2024-03-22 · Germany · Serious risk · official alert
The conductors in the power cable anchorage mechanism may become disconnected from the socket terminals. A user could touch them and receive an electric shock.…
2024-03-15 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cables are not properly anchored and are too thin. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation and can come into contact with sharp edges of the controller unit and could be damaged. The dimen…
2024-03-15 · Hungary · Serious risk · official alert
The cables are not properly anchored and are too thin. The accessible wires have inadequate insulation and can come into contact with sharp edges of the controller unit and could be damaged. The dimen…
2024-03-08 · Estonia · Serious risk · official alert
The product causes electromagnetic disturbance between various network-connected devices. This can affect the safe and proper functioning of other electrical equipment through voltage and current dist…
Methodology & sources. Aggregated from official EU and national recall registers (primarily the EU Safety Gate / RAPEX) and reflecting each authority's own classification. ProductGuru is an independent information service, not a government body, and gives no medical, legal or financial advice — always consult the official source. Serious-risk consumer-goods recalls from 2024 onward. Free to cite with attribution.