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PRODUCT LIABILITY AND SAFETY LAWS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

PRODUCT LIABILITY AND SAFETY LAWS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES. LITHUANIA: “Law on the approval, entry into force and implementation of the Civil Code” of 18 July 2000”. MALTA: “Consumer Affairs Act” of September 1999 (Part VII – Liability for Defective Products). POLAND:

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PRODUCT LIABILITY AND SAFETY LAWS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

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  1. PRODUCT LIABILITY AND SAFETY LAWS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

  2. LITHUANIA: “Law on the approval, entry into force and implementation of the Civil Code” of 18 July 2000”

  3. MALTA: “Consumer Affairs Act” of September 1999 (Part VII – Liability for Defective Products)

  4. POLAND: “Law of 2 March 2000 on the protection of certain consumer rights and on the liability for a damage caused by a dangerous product” (amending the Civil Code)

  5. ROMANIA: “Government Ordinance 87/2000 on the Liability of producers for the damages caused by defective products”

  6. SLOVAK REPUBLIC: “Law of 2 November 1999 on Product Liability”

  7. SLOVENIA: “Law on Consumer Protection”

  8. TURKEY: “Law concerning the protection of the consumer” of 1995

  9. BULGARIA: “Law on Consumer Protection and Trade Rules”

  10. CYPRUS: “Product Liability Law” nº 105(1) of 1995 Amendments: Law nº 94(1) of 1999 Law nº 113(1) of 2000

  11. CZECH REPUBLIC: “Act on the liability for damage caused by faulty products” Amendment: 2000

  12. ESTONIA: “Law on Obligations”

  13. HUNGARY: “Act X of 1993 on Product Liability” “Act XXV of 1998 on Medicinal Products for Human Use” Amendment to Act XXV

  14. LATVIA: “Law on the Liability for Product and Service Deficiencies”

  15. Definition of product: • dangerous… or defective? • some words are missing • use… or distribution? • goods imported into “xxx” or into the Community?

  16. Definition of producer: • manufacturer of a finished product (missing) • producer of any raw material or manufacturer of a • component part (missing) • “supplier of services” • the words “presents himself as its producer” are omitted

  17. Transposition of: Article 7 (b) 7 (c) 7 (d) 7 (f) Inclusion of the condition: «nor benefits the injured person could have obtained in connection with its use».

  18. Article 9.b: • Lower threshold

  19. Article 13: It is not transposed!

  20. - Primary agricultural products and game are excluded from the scope of the national measure

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