Product Liability Directive
Data & Privacy
- Data Act
- Data Governance Act
- EHDS
- ePrivacy Directive
- GDPR
- GDPR Procedural Regulation
AI & Trust
- Artificial Intelligence Act
- Product Liability Directive
Cybersecurity
- Cyber Resilience Act
- Cybersecurity Act
- DORA
- NIS2
Digital Services & Media
- Digital Markets Act
- Digital Services Act
- European Media Freedom Act
Product Liability Directive
- Recitals
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONSArticles 1 — 4
CHAPTER II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTSArticles 5 — 11
CHAPTER III
GENERAL PROVISIONS ON LIABILITYArticles 12 — 17
ANNEXES
PLD
PLD Article 16. Limitation period
- 1.Member States shall ensure that a limitation period of three years applies to the initiation of proceedings to claim compensation for damage falling within the scope of this Directive. The limitation period shall run from the day on which the injured person became aware, or should reasonably have become aware, of all of the following:
- (a)the damage;
- (b)the defectiveness;
- (c)the identity of the relevant economic operator that can be held liable for that damage under Article 8.
- 2.National law regulating the suspension or interruption of the limitation period referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be affected by this Directive.