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Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products
Directive (EU) 2024/2853 updates the European Union’s (EU) product liability rules to take into account new technologies, ensuring better protection for victims and greater legal certainty for businesses.
The directive ensures that a person who has suffered damage can claim compensation by proving the defect and the causal link between the defect and the damage, regardless of whether or not the manufacturer is at fault.
The new directive adapts the existing liability rules to the following areas.
The directive also covers the following main elements.
The directive has to be transposed into national law by . It applies to products placed on the market or put into service as of . For products placed on the EU market before that date, the rules stemming from Directive 85/374/EEC remain applicable.
For further information, see:
Directive (EU) 2024/2853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC (OJ L, 2024/2853, ).
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