Product Liability Act (Germany)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on liability for defective products |
| Short title: | Product Liability Act |
| Abbreviation: | ProdHaftG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | civil right |
| References : | 400-8 |
| Issued on: | December 15, 1989 ( BGBl. I p. 2198 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1990 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 5 G of July 17, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2421, 2422 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
July 22, 2017 (Art. 12 G of July 17, 2017) |
| GESTA : | C157 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Product Liability Act (Act on Liability for Defective Products - ProdHaftG) of December 15, 1989 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2198 ) regulates the liability of a manufacturer in Germany for defective products. The law understands this to mean all movable objects , even if they form part of another movable or immovable object, as well as electricity. Medicines regulated by the Medicines Act are excluded from the Product Liability Act .
history
In Article 19 (1) of EC Directive 85/374 / EEC, the deadline for enacting national law for implementation was set at three years from the date of notification. The announcement took place on August 7, 1985. The Product Liability Act was only enacted on December 15, 1989, more than a year late.
content
literature
- Hans Josef Kullmann : ProdHaftG - law on liability for defective products - comment . 6th revised edition 8/2010. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-503-12625-5 .
- Luczak, Stefan: The right of product liability in the implementation of the EC Directive (85/374 / EEC) through the German Product Liability Act of December 15, 1989 . Mainz 1992.
- Ulrich Foerste / Friedrich Graf von Westphalen (eds.): Product liability manual . 3. Edition. Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-60387-7 .
