Overview
- The Bundesnetzagentur identified more than 3,000 unlawful device types across online marketplaces and brick-and-mortar stores.
- Investigators flagged 1,266 online listings affecting about five million devices, led by smartwatches touting simulated blood-glucose readings that are not legal under EU rules.
- Checks in physical retail covered roughly 2,100 device types, with 58% failing requirements and 1.9 million products removed from sale.
- German customs reported 8,202 suspect consignments, and 89% were denied entry, preventing the import of roughly 359,000 devices.
- Tests found severe radio-emission breaches in products such as a PV battery inverter and a network switch, prompting 707 enforcement actions including 25 sales bans, and the regulator plans expanded AI and webcrawler use to speed future detection.