Travel plug adaptor

Unknown · Adaptor International (universal adaptor)

Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock

Notifying country: Germany

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Requirements breached

The plug pins do not have an appropriate insulating coating and the user could be exposed to dangerous voltage levels if s/he puts the plug in a socket. Moreover, it is possible for two sets of plug pins to be open at the same time. In this case, if one set of pins is plugged into a mains socket, the other set of pins will be live and accessible to the user. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 50075.

Measures taken

Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: ImporterIn force from: 16 December 2016

Product

Description: Universal travel plug adaptor.
Brand: Unknown

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/0106/17 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2017-005
Published: 26 January 2017
Corrigendum: Corrigendum: Notification A12/0516/14 has been permanently withdrawn from report 2014-14 of 11/04/2014 at the request of the notifying authority as the affected products have not been put on sale.