F1Market surveillance authorities must ensure that products which present a serious risk requiring rapid intervention, including a serious risk the effects of which are not immediate, are recalled, withdrawn or that their being made available on F2the market is prohibited, and that the F3Secretary of State is informed without delay thereof, in accordance with Article 22.

The decision whether or not a product represents a serious risk F4must be based on an appropriate risk assessment which takes account of the nature of the hazard and the likelihood of its occurrence. The feasibility of obtaining higher levels of safety or the availability of other products presenting a lesser degree of risk F5does not constitute grounds for considering that a product presents a serious risk.