What Act on Liability for Defective Products (Produkthaftungsgesetz - ProdHaftG) requires
This Act imposes strict liability on the producer of a defective product for death, personal injury or damage to private-use property caused by the defect (Section 1). It defines product, defect and producer (Sections 2 to 4), provides for joint and several liability of multiple parties (Section 5), and reduces or excludes liability in defined cases such as contributory fault (Sections 1 and 6). The extent of liability is set for death and bodily injury (Sections 7 and 8), with a maximum aggregate liability of 85 million euros for personal injuries caused by identical products with the same defect (Section 10) and a self-participation of 500 euros for damage to property (Section 11). The Act is mandatory and cannot be excluded in advance (Section 14).
Pillar: Operations & CX · Authority: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesministerium der Justiz) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_prodhaftg/englisch_prodhaftg.html
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Primary Citations — 5 traced to source
- ProdHaftG, Section 1 - Liability
- ProdHaftG, Section 4 - Producer
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