0723/06
- Case number
- 0723/06
- Category
- Lighters
- Audience
- Consumer
- Notifying country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- Published
- 2006-11-10
⚠️ Risk
By the appearance of the products their intended use (as a lighter) is not obvious and they can be considered as novelty lighters. According to the European Standard a lighter shall not be novelty-like, because the inherent risk is significantly higher. The novelty lighters are attractive for children and taking into account children’s normal behaviour risk of burning injury is present during their use. There were no instructions for the safe use attached to the products in Hungarian.
Measures
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Sales ban and recall from consumers ordered by the authority.Date of entry into force: Unknown