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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9151
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

France must conform with first Court ruling on “strict product liability” regulation under penalty of 31,650 euro fine

Luxemburg, 14/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Justice has imposed a fine of 31,650 euro for each day's delay in coming into line with its ruling of 25 April 2002. Four years ago the Court asked France to apply correctly EC directive of 25 July 1985 on strict product liability.

In its second ruling, the Court of Justice found against France, because France is continuing to consider the supplier of defective goods as being responsible, in the same way as the manufacturer in...

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