P9_TA(2024)0132 – Liability for defective products – European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on liability for defective products (COM(2022)0495 – C9-0322/2022 – 2022/0302(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2024-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: damage, defective product, indemnification, market approval, market supervision, natural person, producer's liability, single market




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C/2025/1024


27.2.2025






P9_TA(2024)0132

Liability for defective products


European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on liability for defective products (COM(2022)0495 – C9-0322/2022 – 2022/0302(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(C/2025/1024)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0495),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0322/2022),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 24 January 2023
                   (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 24 January 2024 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Legal Affairs under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0291/2023),











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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;










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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  
            OJ C 140, 21.4.2023, p. 34.






P9_TC1-COD(2022)0302


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2024 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/2853.)




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