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Emergency position indicating radio beacon — Photo: Safety Gate / notifying authority

A12/1128/1416 July 2014

Emergency position indicating radio beacon

GME · Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon

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Country of origin: Australia
Notifying country: France
Counterfeit: No

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Risk

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Requirements breached

A fault in the microprocessor may effectively shut the beacon down. As a consequence the beacon may not work in an emergency situation.

Measures taken

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 4 July 2014

Product

Description: Emergency position indicating radio beacon for marine use used to alert the coastguard and rescue authorities in case of an emergency.
Category: -
Brand: GME
Model / type: MT400/401/403
Batch: Serial numbers 50101000 to 80250722. Units manufactured between January 2005 and February 2008.

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1128/14 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2014-029
Published: 16 July 2014

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/122576

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