Whereas Directive 85/374/EEC contained only faint references to the public-law framework of product safety, Directive (EU) 2024/2853 adopts a markedly more explicit approach. The new text displays a dense network of more or less express cross-references to that framework: the criteria for establishing defectiveness, the factum principis defence, and the definitions governing the product, its market supply, and the relevant economic operators offer the Union legislature multiple opportunities to breathe new life into accident-prevention rules within the law of civil liability. They also provide the interpreter with a testing ground for as- sessing the internal connections of the overall system, between ex ante product-safety rules and ex post compensatory remedies.
Cevolani, N. (2026). La sicurezza dei prodotti nella nuova direttiva sulla responsabilità per danno da prodotti difettosi. CONTRATTO E IMPRESA EUROPA, 2, 375-401.
La sicurezza dei prodotti nella nuova direttiva sulla responsabilità per danno da prodotti difettosi
Nicolo' Cevolani
2026
Abstract
Whereas Directive 85/374/EEC contained only faint references to the public-law framework of product safety, Directive (EU) 2024/2853 adopts a markedly more explicit approach. The new text displays a dense network of more or less express cross-references to that framework: the criteria for establishing defectiveness, the factum principis defence, and the definitions governing the product, its market supply, and the relevant economic operators offer the Union legislature multiple opportunities to breathe new life into accident-prevention rules within the law of civil liability. They also provide the interpreter with a testing ground for as- sessing the internal connections of the overall system, between ex ante product-safety rules and ex post compensatory remedies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
