Revised EU Product Liability Directive: key implications for insurers and businesses

The EU’s modernised product liability regime expands to digital products and will impact supply chains and insurance programmes. EU Member States must transpose the revised Product Liability Directive (“PLD”) by 9 December 2026. The new Directive updates the strict liability regime for products placed on the market or put into service as of 9 December 2026, while retaining the requirement for claimants to establish defect, damage and causation. Its wider scope and claimant friendly evidential…
By: Kennedys