Reported risk evidence comparison

Hobby/sports equipment: optical output — reported risk evidence

The acquired cohort contains 37 official alert references published from 2005-02-11 to 2017-03-31. This page compares 8 selected, distinct product descriptions, including airsoft gun, air gun. The other 29 records still contribute to the cohort counts but are not displayed: descriptions may repeat, lack the display inputs, or fall outside the eight-description display limit. The recorded risks raise separate evidence questions about optical output. Compare the product features and dated findings below before scoping an investigation. These historical observations do not determine your product’s compliance or a market failure rate.

Evidence retrieved 2026-10-07. Source versions and topic-specific limits are listed below.

Dated official observations

Compare the product features and reported failure mechanism

The source wording below describes the reported case at that time. Read each complete report before using it in an investigation.

Airsoft gun · A12/0359/17

Report published 2017-03-31 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black, spring-piston plastic air gun with laser aimer and flash light, packed in styrofoam and cardboard box. Packaging incorrectly marked with the CE mark. [1]
Reported risk explanation: null The product is not correctly labelled with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight, as direct viewing of the laser could cause damage to the eyes.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [1]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown [1]

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Airsoft gun · A12/0364/17

Report published 2017-03-31 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black, spring-piston, plastic air gun with laser aimer and flash light, packed in styrofoam and in a cardboard box. Packaging incorrectly marked with the CE mark. [2]
Reported risk explanation: null The product is not correctly labelled with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight, as direct viewing of the laser could cause damage to the eyes.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [2]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown [2]

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Airsoft gun · A12/0365/17

Report published 2017-03-31 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black, spring-piston, plastic air pistol, with laser aimer and flash light, packed in Styrofoam and into two different cardboard box. Packaging incorrectly marked with the CE mark and there is an age warning sign (AGE: ABOVE 18 YEARS). [3]
Reported risk explanation: null The product is not correctly labelled with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight, as direct viewing of the laser could cause damage to the eyes.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [3]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: RetailerCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown [3]

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Airsoft gun · A12/0239/15

Report published 2015-02-20 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Plastic Airsoft gun with laser sight. CE mark on packaging and age warning sign (0-3 years). [4]
Reported risk explanation: null The product does not bear a warning label with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight. The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling [4]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown [4]

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Airsoft gun · A12/0332/14

Report published 2014-02-28 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black plastic Airsoft gun with laser aimer. Product is packed in a cardboard box. [5]
Reported risk explanation: null The product does not bear a warning label with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [5]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 13/12/2013 [5]

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Airsoft gun · A12/0283/14

Report published 2014-02-21 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black plastic Airsoft gun with laser aimer. Product packed in a cardboard box. [6]
Reported risk explanation: null The product does not bear a warning label with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [6]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 13/12/2013 [6]

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Air gun · A12/0286/14

Report published 2014-02-21 · notifying country Cyprus · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black plastic air gun with laser aimer. Product is packed in a cardboard box. [7]
Reported risk explanation: null The product does not bear a warning label with regard to the laser. The misleading use of CE marking will lead the user to the conclusion that the product is safe and consequently use it in a manner that could cause damage to sight.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to labelling. [7]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: 13/12/2013 [7]

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Airsoft gun · A12/1603/13

Report published 2013-11-22 · notifying country Croatia · reported origin People's Republic of China

Reported product description: Black plastic airsoft gun with laser sight and LED light. The product is packed in a cardboard box with the warning "Do not aim at eyes or skin with the infrared ray so as to cause kickback" . [8]
Reported risk explanation: null The product contains a class 3R laser which could cause damage to sight. Adequate warnings concerning usage of the laser pointer are not given.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 60825-1 with respect to warnings and instructions for use. [8]
Reported measures, verbatim: Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measuresDate of entry into force: 24/10/2013 [8]

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What this acquired cohort contains

37 distinct official alert references, published between 2005-02-11 and 2017-03-31. Counts describe the acquired reports, with no market denominator.

Report year	Recorded alerts
2005	1
2006	2
2007	3
2008	3
2010	14
2013	1
2014	9
2015	1
2017	3

Recorded risk labels within this evidence task

Label combinations are source facts within one comparison; they do not create separate guides with identical preparation tasks.

Damage to sight: 34 recorded references
Damage to sight, Injuries: 1 recorded references
Health risk / other: 1 recorded references
Injuries: 1 recorded references

Source selection, exclusions and calculation method

Filter the acquired, completely parsed English weekly XML releases. Deduplicate official alert references. Group by product category and the complete set of conditional evidence-question topics supported by actual risk text. Risk-label combinations remain recorded cohort facets and do not create buyer intents. Brand, product name, model, origin, notifying country, measurement-only changes and different wording of the same questions do not create intents. Unrecognized mechanisms stay internal for enrichment. Count report years and notifying countries deterministically. Display at most eight newest descriptions with at least 40 characters after whitespace normalization, nonempty reported measures and distinct casefolded descriptions; break date ties by official identifier. All cohort records count even if their description is shorter or not displayed. This is not a representative sample. Counts concern this acquired corpus only.

One acquired version per official public alert reference. Display at most eight newest distinct product descriptions whose normalized whitespace-collapsed text contains at least 40 characters and has nonempty reported measures; ties sort by official identifier. The complete cohort includes shorter descriptions. This is an explicit display selection, not a representative sample.

8 distinct descriptions displayed; 29 cohort records not displayed. Missing fields: {}.

These are selected, dated enforcement observations in the acquired weekly reports, not a random market sample, market-wide failure rate, proof of current product status, or a determination about your product. Notification country is not a complete sales-market or jurisdiction-coverage field. A quoted legal/standard reference is the report’s statement, not independently verified current law or a mandatory test panel.

Calculation safety-gate-evidence-comparison-10; units recorded alerts; no incidence denominator.

Turn the reported failure mechanism into a scoped investigation

Use this checklist to gather your business or product details before speaking with a specialist. The items below explain what to record and suggest useful supporting documents. You can add your own answers in the editable project brief.

Optical output and accessible-use configuration — what evidence do we have?
Identify the optical source, rated output and accessible operating modes, users and protective controls. Request configuration-specific evidence and a supported applicability review rather than inferring a classification or safe output from another alert.
Useful evidence: Source/output specifications, operating modes, access/protection design, intended users and existing measurement evidence.
Reported context: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
Can we trace the affected component, formula or design revision across our supplied products?
Compare the reported descriptions with your own identifiers and change records. Treat missing or “Unknown” source fields as unresolved; they do not establish that no action was needed.
Useful evidence: Product identifiers, revision history, supplier/batch traceability and market/operator records.
Who would own an evidence review and any resulting corrective-action decision?
Read the reported measures as historical observations. Establish your own operator roles, sector-specific rules, decision owner and communication responsibilities before adopting another case’s response.
Useful evidence: Supply-chain responsibility map, applicable-law review, investigation scope and documented decision/communication workflow.

Work packages and dependencies

Conditional: Product-risk evidence and operator-role review — Compare the recorded product features and failure mechanism with your product. Confirm the applicable product regime, deciding evidence, operator responsibilities and justified next steps. This does not assume that GPSR or a representative appointment applies to every alert category.

Questions for providers

Which specific product features and reported risk mechanism make these cases relevant or irrelevant to our product?
What current legal, standards or scientific sources support your proposed investigation criteria, and what cannot be concluded from these dated alerts?
Which existing evidence can answer the risk question, what additional work is justified, and who owns any resulting corrective-action decision?

Sources and data dates

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