The European Parliament’s Committees on Legal Affairs (JURI) and Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) approved, on Monday 9 October, their negotiating position on the new Product Lability Directive by an overwhelming majority (33 votes in favour, 2 against, no abstentions). The seven compromise amendments were adopted.
This directive, presented by the Commission in September 2022, aims to update the civil liability rules established in 1985 and adapt them to the challenges of...