Published Evaluation Report of the Defective Products Liability Directive

The Directive on Liability for Defective Products (Directive 85/374/EEC, hereinafter ‘the Directive’) has ensured, for more than three decades, that producers assume responsibility for the manufacture of defective products vis-à-vis consumers. When adopted in 1985, the directive was a bold and modern instrument that required significant adaptations to the civil codes of the Member States. […]