Apple defended itself after a French regulator accused the mobile phone developer's products of emitting too much radiation.

France's Agence Nationale des Frequences told Apple on Tuesday to stop selling iPhone 12 models due to the device exceeding the specific absorption rate, a tracker of the rate of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body from a piece of equipment. Apple argued the 2020 phone model had gone through several international tests and was completely safe. The company intended to contest the results, according to Reuters.

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"Apple is expected to respond within two weeks," Jean-Noel Barrot, France's junior minister for the digital economy, told Le Parisien on Tuesday. "If they fail to do so, I am prepared to order a recall of all iPhones 12 in circulation. The rule is the same for everyone, including the digital giants."

French authorities intend to send agents to Apple stores to confirm they are not continuing to sell the model. A failure to remove the models could lead to France demanding a recall of the devices from those who already own them.

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France's decision could have implications for the rest of Europe. Germany's radiation watchdog is watching the decision with the intent to replicate it based on the results.

The phone's limits are set well below the spectrum of harm. The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection set the standard for mobile devices to be 10 times below the level of radiation that would harm the everyday user.