When planning market surveillance activities for non-food consumer products, Market Surveillance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the competent inspection authorities of the Federation of BiH, Republic of Srpska, and Brčko District of BiH, places special emphasis on protecting children as a vulnerable category of consumers. In line with this priority, proactive surveillance of child appealing luminaires was carried out.
Child appealing luminaires are typically
used in environments intended for children. Due to their appearance, they may
spark curiosity, so there is a possibility that children can use this
electrical product as a toy. To prevent risks to the health and safety of
consumers - in this case, children - special attention is paid to meeting
safety requirements when designing and manufacturing this electrical product.
Child appealing luminaires are safe if
they meet the safety requirements specified in the Order on electrical
equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (Official Gazette
of BiH, 98/09) and the standards BAS EN 60598-1 and BAS EN 60598-2-10.
During the implementation of proactive
surveillance of child appealing luminaires, twelve (12) inspection controls
were carried out. Inspectors performed
administrative and visual control of the products, and they selected eight (8) different
models for laboratory testing. The test results show that all the samples
(100%) are non-compliant, because the tested models of child appealing
luminaires did not meet the prescribed safety requirements.
Risk assessment found that all the
non-compliant models of child appealing luminaires pose a serious risk to
consumers, because they pose risk of electric shock and fire to the user. Accordingly,
measures were taken to withdraw the products from the market and destroy them. As
a result of the measures taken, 1,036 products were withdrawn from the market,
of which 761 were destroyed.