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PRODUCT-LIABILITY artikel 12: Liability of multiple economic operators
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CELEX 32024L2853 · 2026-08-22 · Weight 67 · minimal-risk
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What does PRODUCT-LIABILITY Article 12 require, and what outcome does the rule tree give?
PRODUCT-LIABILITY Article 12 is tested here by a deterministic rule tree of 6 rules, built from the article's own conditions. The tree reads your facts and names the outcome that applies, starting with Paragraph 1 applies, carrying paragraph citation, content hash and read date 2026-08-22 against CELEX 32024L2853. The outcome is a machine classification, not a compliance decision.
PRODUCT-LIABILITY Article 12Checked against the publisher 2026-08-22Official text
- Paragraph 1 applies. 1. Without prejudice to national law concerning rights of contribution or recourse, Member States shall ensure that where two or more economic operators are liable for the same damage pursuant to this Directive, they can be held liable jointly and severally.
- Paragraph 2 applies. 2. A manufacturer that integrates software as a component in a product shall not have a right of recourse against the manufacturer of a defective software component that causes damage where:
- Paragraph 3 applies. (a)
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- in_scopeThe article applies to the situationboolean
- punktParagraph of the articleenum (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6)
Rule tree
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 1)
Paragraph 1 applies
1. Without prejudice to national law concerning rights of contribution or recourse, Member States shall ensure that where two or more economic operators are liable for the same damage pursuant to this Directive, they can be held liable jointly and severally.
Paragraph 1
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 2)
Paragraph 2 applies
2. A manufacturer that integrates software as a component in a product shall not have a right of recourse against the manufacturer of a defective software component that causes damage where:
Paragraph 2
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 3)
Paragraph 3 applies
(a)
Paragraph 3
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 4)
Paragraph 4 applies
the manufacturer of the defective software component was, at the time of the placing on the market of that software component, a microenterprise or a small enterprise, meaning an enterprise that, when assessed together with all of its partner enterprises as defined in Article 3(2) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC (21) and linked enterprises as defined in Article 3(3) of that Annex, if any, is a m…
Paragraph 4
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 5)
Paragraph 5 applies
(b)
Paragraph 5
If: alla(in_scope = true, punkt = 6)
Paragraph 6 applies
the manufacturer that integrated the defective software component in the product contractually agreed with the manufacturer of the defective software component to waive that right.
Paragraph 6
If no rule matches: The article is not stated to apply, or no paragraph is selected. The agent abstains rather than guesses.
The article text as read
- 11. Without prejudice to national law concerning rights of contribution or recourse, Member States shall ensure that where two or more economic operators are liable for the same damage pursuant to this Directive, they can be held liable jointly and severally.
- 22. A manufacturer that integrates software as a component in a product shall not have a right of recourse against the manufacturer of a defective software component that causes damage where:
- 3(a)
- 4the manufacturer of the defective software component was, at the time of the placing on the market of that software component, a microenterprise or a small enterprise, meaning an enterprise that, when assessed together with all of its partner enterprises as defined in Article 3(2) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC (21) and linked enterprises as defined in Article 3(3) of that Annex, if any, is a microenterprise as defined in Article 2(3) of that Annex or a small enterprise as defined in Article 2(2) of that Annex; and
- 5(b)
- 6the manufacturer that integrated the defective software component in the product contractually agreed with the manufacturer of the defective software component to waive that right.
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Citation: 32024L2853 art. 12, Liability of multiple economic operators. ExploreWorld Legal, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/agent/produktansvar-2024-2853/artikel-12 (hämtad 2026-08-22, bevis sha256:68454dbb2f7c83a8, bygge legal-2026-08-25).