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Novelty lighter — Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

SR/01872/2521 May 2025

Novelty lighter

Zapalovač neobvyklého tvaru z pěti hracích kostek

Notifying country: Czechia

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What is the danger

Due to its shape and colour, the lighter is appealing to children. Children may play with it and suffer burns.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the General Product Safety Regulation nor with the European standard EN 13869.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 26 March 2025
Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 26 March 2025

Product

Description: Lighter made up of five cubes stacked on top of each other. One of the outer cubes is silver in colour, it has an operating button (the part of the lighter that is pressed to activate the ignition mechanism) and pressing the button will cause a flame to flash.
Packaging: No packaging.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: SR/01872/25 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2025-21
Published: 21 May 2025
Modified: 21 May 2025
Corrigendum: Notifications SR/01932/25, SR/01890/25, SR/01889/25, SR/01888/25, SR/01930/25; SR/01859/25: have been updated with additional information on the product identification.

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