What products have been listed as potentially dangerous for children?

The State Inspectorate of Croatia today published a list of potentially dangerous products for children, as well as motor vehicles identified through the RAPEX system, the European alert system for products that pose a risk to consumer health and safety.

According to the statement, these are products that have been found on the Croatian market and sold to end consumers.

The list includes Chicco Trio Autofix child car seats manufactured from September 20, 2010, to May 14, 2013, Maxi-Cosi Citi SPS car seats produced between week 20 of 2012 and week 22 of 2013, and Inglesina Huggy car seats, all due to various defects in the seatbelt buckles. Consumers who purchased the mentioned car seats can exchange the problematic buckles with distributors, the statement notes.

Among the motor vehicles on the list are the Toyota Yaris and Toyota Verso S manufactured from 2010 to 2012 due to a defect in the control module of the electric power steering that may cause a short circuit. Consumers who purchased the mentioned vehicles can perform a free replacement of that part through the distributor in Croatia, Toyota Croatia.

For the 2011 Mitsubishi ASX vehicles, which were manufactured until March 27, a defect in the sunroofs has been discovered, and consumers are also urged to contact the distributor LMG Autokuća for repairs.

Alfa Romeo 920 vehicles manufactured between 2007 and 2009 are also on the list due to an uneven anti-corrosion coating, which poses an increased risk of the rear axle links corroding and breaking. The links can be replaced at authorized service centers through the distributor Autocommerce Croatia, according to the State Inspectorate’s statement.

Potentially dangerous are also EvoBus buses manufactured between January 1999 and September 2012 due to an inadequately secured cover of the roof air conditioning unit that could fall into the passenger cabin and therefore needs to be additionally secured. Customers can do this through the distributor MB Zagreb.

Croatia entered the RAPEX system, a rapid exchange system for official notifications about products that pose a serious risk to consumer health and safety, on July 1 of this year, coinciding with its entry into the European Union, and the contact point for data exchange within the system has become the State Inspectorate.

In this way, the State Inspectorate is connected with the European Commission and contact points in other member states, exchanging all information about dangerous products with the European Commission and other competent authorities in Croatia.