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EU Reaches Legislative Deal on Proposed ‘Digital Age’ Updates to Product Liability Directive

This week, the European Union made a significant breakthrough towards its goal of overhauling the 40-year-old Product Liability Directive for the demands of the “digital” age and modern economy. To amend the directive, the...more

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EU Parliament's Committees vote on the proposal for a revision of EU product liability law

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A joint Committee of the European Parliament consisting of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (“IMCO”) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (“JURI”) approved their position on the European Commission's...more

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Modified Liability for AI: EU Review of AI Liability Rules

The EU AI Act, which is progressing towards adoption by the end of 2023, will be complemented by an update to the European civil liability rules applicable to AI-related claims. Towards the end of 2022, the EU Commission...more

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Repairing the supply chain – the proposed EU Directive on a right to repair

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The EU Commission is currently proposing a wide range of measures to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal to become climate neutral by 2050. At the same time it has a clear tendency to strengthen consumer rights. In...more

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Sustainable Products Regulations: Repairing the supply chain – the proposed EU Directive on a right to repair

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The EU Commission is currently proposing a wide range of measures to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal to become climate neutral by 2050 and to strengthen consumer rights simultaneously. In this context it has now...more

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EU Parliament adopts amendments to EU MDR and IVDR Transition Rules

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On Thursday, the EU Parliament approved the European Commission’s proposal to extend the transition periods of the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). As the Council had already signalled its support, the proposal...more

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The European Commission proposes to extend the transition deadline in the EU Medical Device Regulation

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On Friday 9 December 2022, the European Commission proposed to extend the transition deadline in the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). According to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella...more

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Rebuttable presumptions of fact under the EU Commission’s recent product liability directive proposal

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Injured parties have claimed for a long time that one of the biggest obstacles they face to obtain compensation for damages suffered in product liability cases, is to meet the burden of proof regarding the defectiveness of...more

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European Commission Proposes Reform on Liability Rules for Artificial Intelligence

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The directives aim to assist claimants in proving the causation of damages and product defectiveness in complex AI systems, creating legal certainty for providers. On 28 September 2022, the European Commission issued two...more

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Proposals Published for the Revision of the European Product Liability Directive

On Wednesday 28 September, the European Commission released details of its long-awaited proposal for the revision of the 1985 Product Liability Directive (PLD) that introduced a strict liability regime for defective products...more

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New MDCG Guidance on Summary of Safety and Clinical Performance under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)

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On 26 September 2019, the European Commission published a new Guidance of the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) concerning the Summary of Safety and Clinical Performance (SSCP). This document is aimed at manufacturers...more

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European Commission draft implementing regulation on the reprocessing of single-use medical devices: public consultation is open!

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On 23 July 2019, the European Commission published the draft Commission Implementing Regulation (hereafter “Draft”) regarding Common Specifications for the reprocessing of single-use medical devices....more

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MDR and IVDR: the European Commission published some guidance documents

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On 9 August 2018, the European Commission published five new documents intended to provide guidance to manufacturers concerning the implementation of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical...more

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How the Internet of Things could redefine product safety and liability in the EU

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How big is the Internet of Things (IoT)? It’s likely that there will be tens of billions of connected devices in use by 2020. As this massive network of “things” keeps expanding, so do the number of questions about...more

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European Commission Publishes Chemicals Legislation Roadmaps

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The European Commission published two evaluation and fitness check roadmaps in May this year. These roadmaps will assist the Commission in assessing whether the current legislative framework for chemicals, including REACH, is...more

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