Helium tank
Party Factory · Ballon Gas
Pressure equipment/vesselsInjuries
- Country of origin
- People's Republic of China
- Notifying country
- France
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The valve is not protected and in the event of fall or impact this may lead to significant pressure on the tank neck.
Requirements breached
The neck of the bottle may consequently break and explode, causing a sudden liberation of the gas under pressure and a blast of metal parts. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Transportable Pressure Equipments Directive , the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR 2017) and the relevant European Standard EN ISO 11118.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Voluntary measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 13 August 2019
- This product listing was removed by Amazon. Voluntary measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 13 August 2019
Product
- Description
- Transportable helium tanks for inflating balloons. The product was (also) sold online, in particular via Amazon and other websites.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1532/19 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2019-042
- Published
- 9 October 2019
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1158/19 has been withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02/08/2019 at the request of the notifying authority due to a reassessment of the product.
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