Steering wheel cover

CARTECH · First Class PU

Motor vehiclesChemical

Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Notifying country: Cyprus
Counterfeit: No
Sold online: No

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What is the danger

The plastic of the product contains an excessive amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), notably benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), chrysen (CHR), Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbFA), benzo[e]pyrene (BeP), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkFA) and benzo[j]fluoranthene (BjFA) and (measured values: 75 mg/kg, 71 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg, 13 mg/kg, 11 mg/kg and 9.3 mg/kg by weight respectively).

Requirements breached

These PAHs may cause cancer and are also mutagenic and toxic for reproduction. The product does not comply with the REACH regulation.

Measures taken

Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 9 November 2019

Product

Description: Black steering wheel cover.
Brand: CARTECH
Model / type: 18700
Batch: 5202392187009

Original source

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

Alert number: A12/1536/19 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2019-042
Published: 10 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Corrigendum: Notification A12/1158/19 has been withdrawn from report 2019-31 of 02/08/2019 at the request of the notifying authority due to a reassessment of the product.