Product Liability Directive (PLD)
Table of Contents
Chapter I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter II – SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
Chapter III – GENERAL PROVISIONS ON LIABILITY
Chapter IV – FINAL PROVISIONS
Recitals (64)
Annexes
Recital 31
(31) The assessment of defectiveness should take into account the presentation of the product. However, warnings or other information provided with a product cannot be considered sufficient to make an otherwise defective product safe, since defectiveness should be determined by reference to the safety that the public at large is entitled to expect. Therefore, liability under this Directive cannot be avoided simply by listing all conceivable side effects of a product. When determining the defectiveness of a product, reasonably foreseeable use also encompasses misuse that is not unreasonable under the circumstances, such as the foreseeable behaviour of a user of machinery resulting from a lack of concentration or the foreseeable behaviour of certain user groups such as children.