Safety matches
Unknown · Europa Hölzer
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Finland
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
The glowtime of the matches is too long.
Requirements breached
The user could place the still glowing match back in the matchbox, or onto/near inflammable material, which could then catch fire causing burns to the user. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1783.
Measures taken
- Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 2 January 2019
Product
- Description
- Safety matches sold in a set of 10 matchbox packages.
- Category
- -
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A11/0002/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-003
- Published
- 9 January 2019
- Corrigendum
- Corrigendum: Notification A12/1579/18 from Report-2018-044 has been updated to indicate the models affected and correct the country of origin.
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