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Safe non-food consumer Products in the EU and China

Electrical appliances and equipment

Electrical appliances and equipment

Cables

This factsheet applies to cables for use in electrical installations and electrical products with insulation made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or rubber

Cord extension sets

Cord extension cables are defined as cables for alternating current only, with a rated voltage above 50V and not exceeding 250V for single-phase cable reels.

Electronic cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes, also referred to as ‘vapes’ or ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems) are defined specifically as a product which can be used for the consumption of nicotine containing vapour via a mouthpiece, or any component of that product, including a cartridge, a tank and the device without a cartridge or tank.

Electronics

This category includes all kinds of electronic equipment for use by consumers or professionals. This includes e.g. radios, TV-sets, electronic musical instruments, cameras, monitors, video equipment, recording equipment, loudspeakers and others.

Hair and skin care appliances

This factsheet applies to appliances for hair and skin care such as shavers, wet shavers, hair clippers, hair cutters, appliances used for manicure and pedicure, curling combs, curling irons, hair straighteners, curling rollers with separate heaters, facial saunas, handheld or helmet-type hair dryers, and similar appliances.

Light sources (LED lamps)

A light source is an electrically operated product intended to emit visible light using incandescence, fluorescence, high-intensity discharge, inorganic light emitting diodes (LED) or organic light emitting diodes (OLED), or a combination of these as lighting technology.

Luminaires

This factsheet applies to luminaires which are defined as, “an apparatus which distributes, filters or transforms the light transmitted from one or more lamps and which includes all the parts necessary for supporting, fixing and protecting the lamps, but not the lamps themselves, and where necessary, circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the supply”.

Other care appliances

This factsheet applies to other care appliances such as electrical heating blankets, pads and clothing, foot massagers, hand-held massagers, massage beds and chairs, massage pads and massage belts and others.

Plugs and socket outlets

Plugs and socket outlets are used for the connection of electrical and electronic products to the mains electricity supply.

Power supplies, chargers, and adaptors

This factsheet applies to power supplies, chargers and adaptors designed to convert AC power input from the AC mains into one or more lower voltage DC or AC outputs.

Room heating appliances

This factsheet applies to electric motor-operated or magnetically driven hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery including product categories such as drills, impact drills, saws, polishers, sanders, electric screw drivers, grinders, table saws, mitre saws, wall saws, bench grinders, grass shears, chain saws, lawnmowers, hedge trimmers and others.

Tools and DIY equipment

This factsheet applies to electric motor-operated or magnetically driven hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery including product categories such as drills, impact drills, saws, polishers, sanders, electric screw drivers, grinders, table saws, mitre saws, wall saws, bench grinders, grass shears, chain saws, lawnmowers, hedge trimmers and others.