USB-cord
Unknown
Electrical appliances and equipmentEnvironment
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- Sweden
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
Requirements breached
The plastic in the cord contains up to 0.257% by weight short chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs). The placing on the market and use of articles containing SCCPs is banned. SCCPs persist in the environment, are toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations and bioaccumulate in wildlife and humans, posing a risk to human health and the environment. The product does not comply with the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: Retailer
Product
- Description
- Short black USB-cord
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1375/16 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2016-043
- Published
- 20 October 2016
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/0181/16 in Report-2016-007 has been modified to correct the batch number of the product affected. Notification A12/1146/16 from Report 2016-038 has been withdrawn at the request of the notifying authority following new assessment of the risk.
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