InfoCons Consumer Protection Alert: Festive – Halloween lantern
Name: Lantern with ghost
Category: 10
Date: 2025-02-28
Product Category: Decorative articles
Risk Type: Environment
Danger: The solders in the product have an excessive concentration of lead (measured value up to 80% by weight).Lead poses a risk to the environment. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS 2 Directive).
Measures: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 12/12/2024Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the productDate of entry into force: 12/12/2024
Description: Battery-operated plastic lantern, about 40 cm in height. Bulb in the shape of a ghost, intended as Halloween decoration.
Notifying Country: Sweden
Country of Origin: People’s Republic of China
Alert Type: Consumer
Alert Level: Serious risk
