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On 14 September 2006, the Commission published its third report on the Product Liability Directive (PLD).1 In astonishing contrast to the previous report,2 the Commission announced “that the Directive works by and large in a satisfactory way and that there is no need for amendments at present”3. This suggests that all problems observed in 2001 have miraculously been resolved, which is quite suprising, particularly in light of the ECJ rulings rendered ever since which alone seem to speak a different language.
Third report on the application of Council Directive on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985, OJ L 210, 7.8.1985, 29–33, amended by Directive 1999/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999), COM(2006) 496 final (in the following: 3rd report).
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See B.A. Koch, European Union, in: H. Koziol/ B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2001 (2002) 473 (no. 1 ff.) on the preceding (second) report.
COM(2003) 427 final, 22.7.2003. See B.A. Koch, European Union, in: H. Koziol/ B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2003 (2004) 435 (no. 1–17).
See already the earlier decisions in cases González Sánchez v. Medicina Asturiana (C-183/00, [2002] ECR 1–3901), Commission v. France (C-52/00, [2002] ECR 1–3827) and Commission v. Greece (C-154/00, [2002] ECR 1–3879), all discussed at B.A. Koch, European Union, in: H. Koziol/ B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2002 (2003) 432 (no. 56 ff.).
C-52/00, Commission v. French Republic [2002] ECR I-3827. On this case, see Koch (fn. 14) 432 (no. 62 ff.).
Case 21/76, Handelskwekerij G.J. Bier B.V and others v. Mines de Potasse d’Alsace SA. [1976] ECR 1735.
C-224/01, Köhler v. Austria [2003] ECR I-10239. On this case, see Koch (fn. 5) 435 (no. 41 ff.).
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Koch, B.A. (2008). European Union. In: Koziol, H., Steininger, B.C. (eds) European Tort Law 2006. Tort and Insurance Law, vol 2006. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77572-1_30
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