PRODUCT LIABILITY
April 1st, 2002
KEITH NUTHALLWIDE-RANGING consultation has been launched by the European Commission into the idea of harmonising national laws across the European Union that regulate who is liable when a product is defective and a consumer wants to claim compensation.EU justice and home affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino has claimed that with cross-border shopping growing between Member States, European citizens should be clear about their rights, wherever they buy goods or services.He added that without such a harmonisation, there was a risk to retailers and manufacturers of ...
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