The Nordic Noir sequence round alleged issues of safety and a looming gross sales ban on Easee wall packing containers proceed. Now Norway’s Nationwide Communications Authority Nkom is on the case, and its findings primarily depart the decision to Swedish and European authorities.
As Nkom put it, there was “no objection to the Swedish Security Company’s conclusion within the Easee case”. The authority additionally confirmed that this might result in a gross sales ban in all the EEA for the 2 charging packing containers from the Norwegian producer.
So what occurred? In February, the Swedish security institute Elsälerhetverket revealed security deficiencies in Easee wall packing containers. One of many central issues: Opposite to the declaration, no RCD was put in, in response to Elsälerhetverket.
Easee beholds, it depends on a specifically developed software program answer with sensors as an alternative of an electromechanical RCD in a DIN housing. However, within the view of the Swedish authorities, there’s nonetheless a threat “that the earth leakage circuit breaker doesn’t all the time journey when and because it ought to”, and a gross sales cease was imposed on the ‘Prepared’ and ‘Cost’ wall packing containers of the Norwegian producer in mid-March. There was “no answer with residual present circuit breaker and DC safety that meets the necessities of the requirements for which the system is said”, Elsälerhetverket mentioned.
Easee has appealed, and the case in Sweden remains to be pending and will stay pending for months to come back. On the similar time, in Could, Easee additionally began to ask distributors to cease promoting the merchandise in query, particularly since, as Easee Germany defined on request, the choice of the Elsälerhetverket triggered an EU process during which the Swedish authority needed to notify the European Fee and all member states of its measures in the direction of Easee. “In keeping with EU necessities, the EU/EEA international locations should provoke their very own procedures and have accomplished them in June 2023 or comply with the Swedish authority’s measures with out conducting their very own evaluate,” the corporate mentioned.
That is what Norway has performed. Following the case, Nkom has now carried out its investigations and writes in conclusion:
“We, because the authority, had actually hoped that it might be doable to conclude in another way on this case. Sadly, regardless of being given loads of time, Easee has not sufficiently documented that Easee Dwelling and Easee Cost meet the necessities. For instance, Easee has not documented the product’s security when used over time and underneath completely different weather conditions. We additionally consider that the security of the answer for connecting the relays is just not sufficiently nicely documented.”
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The Netherlands, Austria and Germany, specifically, had additionally adopted the case and likewise largely agreed with the Swedish authority’s argumentation. Dutch authorities imposed a short lived gross sales ban pending a last ruling – but in addition explicitly no prohibition on utilizing already put in Easee wall packing containers; in Austria, Easee had requested the distributor to cease the gross sales in the meanwhile.
“Now we have ready for this and respect the choice,” mentioned CEO Jonas Helmikstøl when commenting on Nkom’s resolution at the moment. “Our course of with documentation has not been ok, and we’ll undergo our routines with help from exterior consultants earlier than we launch any new merchandise.”
Within the assertion, Easee additional emphasised that the choice by Nkom is not going to have any affect on those that have already put in the corporate’s wall packing containers. “All our prospects can proceed to cost because the merchandise are secure to make use of,” Easee states.
Nonetheless, it’s changing into ever extra doubtless, that the corporate should cease promoting the house chargers of their present specification throughout the EU.
If no different nation within the EEA objects to the conclusion from the Swedish Elsäkerhetsverket by 15 June, and the executive courtroom in Sweden upholds the choice, Easee is obliged to comply with up the choice all through the EEA, writes Nkom. In follow, this implies a gross sales ban in all international locations within the EEA, together with Norway.
Easee says it can launch a brand new charger available on the market very quickly. “This conclusion, the additional dialogue with Nkom and help from exterior consultants will assist us guarantee that all the things is 100 per cent with the documentation. Now we have been by way of some difficult months as an organization, and we’ve got discovered rather a lot, mentioned Chief Product Officer Ola Njå Bertelsen.
kommunikasjon.ntb.no (Nknom), easee.com