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Default [OT] EU warning label on goods

I just bought a plastic assembly from Hong Kong as a spare to attach a
camera to a windscreen.

It came in a packet with a yellow, printed, stuck on label reading:

" Goods not fulfilling the conditions laid down in Articles 28 and 29 of
the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union".

As far as I can tell, these articles imply that the mounting is not
allowed free passage into or between EU states and may be liable to
customs and other duties. My package was obviously from Hong Kong, and
also had a large customs declaration sticker saying it was a bike bag of
value $10. I paid about £2.00 including "Free Postage". for the
assembly.

Has anyone else seen one of these labels? Will I be ordered off the
ferry if the mounting is discovered? :-)
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Bill