EU regulatory register · PRODUCT-LIABILITY
Article 5Right to compensation
CELEX 32024L2853 · Read on 2026-08-22
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1. Member States shall ensure that any natural person who suffers damage caused by a defective product (the ‘injured person’) is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Directive.
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1. Member States shall ensure that any natural person who suffers damage caused by a defective product (the ‘injured person’) is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Directive.
2. Member States shall ensure that claims for compensation pursuant to paragraph 1 may also be brought by:
(a)
a person that succeeded, or was subrogated, to the right of the injured person by virtue of Union or national law or contract; or
(b)
a person acting on behalf of one or more injured persons by virtue of Union or national law.
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