Protective gloves
ARDON · KIRK
Protective equipmentChemical
- Country of origin
- Czechia
- Notifying country
- Slovakia
Requirements breached
The amount of chromium (VI) in the leather is too high (measured value 22.9 mg/kg). Chromium (VI) is sensitising and may trigger allergic reactions. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive and with the REACH Regulation.
Measures taken
- Warning consumers of the risks Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 1 June 2017
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 1 June 2017
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 13 July 2017
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 13 July 2017
Product
- Description
- Protective gloves for welders made of yellow leather. Sample size 11
- Brand
- Model / type
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1614/17 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2017-047
- Published
- 15 November 2017
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1041/17 published on report n° 31-2017 of 04/08/2017 has been removed from the RAPEX at the request of the authority due to invalid testing results.
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