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Police Car toy car — environment risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskEnvironmentMay 30, 2014
Photo from the official notice: Police Car toy car — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Police Car toy car — environment risk
Photo from the official notice: Police Car toy car — environment risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product poses an environmental risk (chemical pollution) because the tyres of the toy car contain short chain chlorinated paraffins (measured value; 0.34%).The product does not comply with the requirements of Commission Regulation 519/2012 on persistent organic pollutants (POP Regulation).In addition, the product contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), including benzo(a)pyrene (measured values: benzo(a)pyrene: 37 mg/kg; total PAHs: 874.5 mg/kg).

Measures taken

  • Import rejected at border — Other (08/05/2014)

Product description

Remote-controlled toy car made of coloured plastic with black plastic tyres. Packaged in a cardboard box with a window.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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