Product Liability Directive — Directive (EU) 2024/2853

Identifier

CELEX

32024L2853

Identifier

EU 2024/2853

Adopted

2024-10-23

In force

2024-12-08

Transposition deadline

2026-12-09

Articles

25

Articles

24 articles are read into the register, one address each. Read on 2026-08-22.

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Judgments of the Court of Justice

14 decisions

• C-157/23Court of Justice of the European Union2024-12-19

  Ford Italia SpA v ZP and Stracciari SpA

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘producer’ – Concept of a ‘person who … presents him[- or her]self as … [a] producer’ – Conditions – Supplier whose name is the same in part as that of the producer and as the trade mark put on the product by the producer.

• C-691/21Court of Justice of the European Union2022-11-24

  Cafpi SA and Aviva assurances SA v Enedis SA

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 3 – Liability for defective products – Meaning of ‘producer’ – Operator of an electricity distribution network changing the electricity voltage level for distribution.

• C-264/21Court of Justice of the European Union2022-07-07

  Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia v Koninklijke Philips NV

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 85/374/EEC – Liability for defective products – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘producer’ – Any person who, by putting his name, trade mark or other distinguishing feature on the product, or having authorised those particulars to be put on the product, presents himself as its producer.

• C-65/20Court of Justice of the European Union2021-06-10

  VI v KRONE – Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 2 – Concept of ‘defective product’ – Copy of a printed newspaper containing inaccurate health advice – Exclusion from the directive’s scope.

• C-621/15Court of Justice of the European Union2017-06-21

  N. W and Others v Sanofi Pasteur MSD SNC and Others

  Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Liability for defective products — Article 4 — Pharmaceutical laboratories — Vaccination against hepatitis B — Multiple sclerosis — Proof of defect of vaccine and of causal link between the defect and the damage suffered — Burden of proof — Methods of proof — Lack of scientific consensus — Serious, specific and consistent evidence left to the discretion of the court ruling on the merits — Whether permissible — Conditions.

• 62013CJ0503Court of Justice of the European Union2015-03-05

  Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse and Betriebskrankenkasse RWE

  Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13.

• C‑310/13Court of Justice of the European Union2014-11-20

  Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH v S

  Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Consumer protection — Liability for defective products — Material scope of the directive — Special liability system existing on the date of notification of that directive — Permissibility of a national liability system enabling information on the adverse effects of pharmaceutical products to be obtained.

• C-495/10Court of Justice of the European Union2011-12-21

  Centre hospitalier universitaire de Besançon v Thomas Dutrueux and Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie du Jura

  Directive 85/374/EEC - Liability for defective products - Scope - National rules requiring public healthcare establishments to pay compensation, even when they are not at fault, for damage sustained by a patient as a result of the failure of equipment or products used in the course of treatment.

• C-358/08Court of Justice of the European Union2009-12-02

  Aventis Pasteur SA v OB

  Directive 85/374/EEC - Liability for defective products - Articles 3 and 11 - Mistake in the classification of ‘producer’ - Judicial proceedings - Application for substitution of the producer for the original defendant - Expiry of the limitation period.

• C-285/08Court of Justice of the European Union2009-06-04

  Moteurs Leroy Somer v Dalkia France and Ace Europe

  Liability for defective products - Directive 85/374/EEC - Scope - Damage to an item of property intended for professional use and employed for that purpose - National system permitting the injured person to seek compensation for such damage, where he simply proves the damage, the defect and the causal link - Compatibility.

• C-127/04Court of Justice of the European Union2006-02-09

  Declan O'Byrne v Sanofi Pasteur MSD Ltd and Sanofi Pasteur SA

  Directive 85/374/EEC - Liability for defective products - Definition of "putting into circulation' of the product - Supply by the producer to a wholly owned subsidiary.

• C-402/03Court of Justice of the European Union2006-01-10

  Skov Æg v Bilka Lavprisvarehus A/S and Bilka Lavprisvarehus A/S v Jette Mikkelsen and Michael Due Nielsen

  Directive 85/374/EEC - Liability for defective products - Liability of the supplier of a defective product.

Binding case law

14 judgments the Court itself has marked as interpreting this act.

• C-157/238e01d479-c04c-11e5-9e54-01aa75ed71a12024-12-19

  Ford Italia SpA v ZP and Stracciari SpA

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘producer’ – Concept of a ‘person who … presents him[- or her]self as … [a] producer’ – Conditions – Supplier whose name is the same in part as that of the producer and as the trade mark put on the product by the producer.

  ECLI:EU:C:2024:1045EUR-LexThe Court
• C-691/21fc7a5e9f-5469-11ec-91ac-01aa75ed71a12022-11-24

  Cafpi SA and Aviva assurances SA v Enedis SA

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 3 – Liability for defective products – Meaning of ‘producer’ – Operator of an electricity distribution network changing the electricity voltage level for distribution.

  ECLI:EU:C:2022:926EUR-LexThe Court
• C-264/21Court of Justice of the European Union2022-07-07

  Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia v Koninklijke Philips NV

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 85/374/EEC – Liability for defective products – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘producer’ – Any person who, by putting his name, trade mark or other distinguishing feature on the product, or having authorised those particulars to be put on the product, presents himself as its producer.

  ECLI:EU:C:2022:536EUR-LexThe Court
• C-65/20795b6018-a77a-4a5a-ae91-d77329bd386f2021-06-10

  VI v KRONE – Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 2 – Concept of ‘defective product’ – Copy of a printed newspaper containing inaccurate health advice – Exclusion from the directive’s scope.

  ECLI:EU:C:2021:471EUR-LexThe Court
• C-621/159944ba0b-c051-11e5-9e54-01aa75ed71a12017-06-21

  N. W and Others v Sanofi Pasteur MSD SNC and Others

  Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Liability for defective products — Article 4 — Pharmaceutical laboratories — Vaccination against hepatitis B — Multiple sclerosis — Proof of defect of vaccine and of causal link between the defect and the damage suffered — Burden of proof — Methods of proof — Lack of scientific consensus — Serious, specific and consistent evidence left to the discretion of the court ruling on the merits — Whether permissible — Conditions.

  ECLI:EU:C:2017:484EUR-LexThe Court
• 62013CJ0503Court of Justice of the European Union2015-03-05

  Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse and Betriebskrankenkasse RWE

  Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13.

  ECLI:EU:C:2015:148EUR-LexThe Court
• C‑310/133ca6f0a7-954d-4b0b-8898-78c385afdf902014-11-20

  Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH v S

  Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 85/374/EEC — Consumer protection — Liability for defective products — Material scope of the directive — Special liability system existing on the date of notification of that directive — Permissibility of a national liability system enabling information on the adverse effects of pharmaceutical products to be obtained.

  ECLI:EU:C:2014:2385EUR-LexThe Court
• C-495/10a0e7a6fe-c766-448a-8285-2207cb37f5ad2011-12-21

  Centre hospitalier universitaire de Besançon v Thomas Dutrueux and Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie du Jura

  Directive 85/374/EEC - Liability for defective products - Scope - National rules requiring public healthcare establishments to pay compensation, even when they are not at fault, for damage sustained by a patient as a result of the failure of equipment or products used in the course of treatment.

  ECLI:EU:C:2011:869EUR-LexThe Court

Read from the Publications Office of the European Union on 2026-08-22.

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• SE Svensk författningssamling, Riksdagen

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• NO Lovdata

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• FI Finlex

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• DE Gesetze im Internet

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• UK legislation.gov.uk

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