Product liability: agreement in trilogue

Ein Mann repariert ein kaputtes Laptop mit einem Schraubenzieher. — Who is liable for defective products or the loss of data? The EU has revised its liability rules to include software for the first time.

The EU wants to make product liability fit for the digital and circular economy. The Council and Parliament have now reached a trilogue agreement on a revision of the Product Liability Directive. The business community has criticized the result.

The Council and Parliament have reached a trilogue agreement on a revision of the Directive on liability for defective products (PLD). The aim is to modernize the product liability law from 1985 and make it fit the requirements of digitalization and the circular economy. The law also includes software and artificial intelligence in regulation for the first time.

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