
Plastic toy vehicles: 1. Challenger : Amphibious stunt panzer, 2. F1 Racing : Formula 1 racing car series 3. Racing series.
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ToysChemical
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Finland
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
These products pose a chemical risk because the black material in crawler track/tyres contains 24-27% by weight of di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP), which are banned in toys by the Chemical Restrictions Directive 79/769/EC.
Measures taken
- Sales ban ordered by the authorities. Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- 1. A green, plastic remote-controlled panzer with black crawler track in a blue cardboard box with transparent window. 40 MHz. 2. A red plastic remote-controlled formula F1 racing car (1:12 scale) with black tyres in a red/white cardboard box with transparent window. 27 MHz. 3. A red plastic remote-controlled sports car (1:10 scale) with colourful motifs on the side (a skull, etc.) and black tyres in a brown cardboard box with transparent window. The size of the imported batch is 288 pcs (95000); 1800 pcs (95001) and 160 pcs (95002)
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 1177/08 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2008-41
- Published
- 16 October 2008
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