Article 2 — Scope
Product Liability Directive, Directive (EU) 2024/2853
What does PRODUCT-LIABILITY Article 2 say?
Short answer, straight from the official text
1. This Directive shall apply to products placed on the market or put into service after 9 December 2026. 2. This Directive does not apply to free and open-source software that is developed or supplied outside the course of a commercial activity. 3.
Source: Product Liability Directive, Directive (EU) 2024/2853, read 2026-10-13.
| In the act | EU 2024/2853 |
| CELEX | 32024L2853 |
| Read on | 2026-10-13 |
Official text
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1. This Directive shall apply to products placed on the market or put into service after 9 December 2026.
2. This Directive does not apply to free and open-source software that is developed or supplied outside the course of a commercial activity.
3. This Directive does not apply to damage arising from nuclear accidents in so far as liability for such damage is covered by international conventions ratified by Member States.
4. This Directive does not affect:
(a) the applicability of Union law on the protection of personal data, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directives 2002/58/EC and (EU) 2016/680;
(b) any right which an injured person has under national rules concerning contractual liability or concerning non-contractual liability on grounds other than the defectiveness of a product as provided for in this Directive, including national rules implementing Union law;
(c) any right which an injured person has under any special liability system that existed in national law on 30 July 1985.
The same rule in other acts
These articles carry the same official heading. The wording is not identical; read each text at its own source.
- AI Act Article 2 — Scope
- NIS2 Article 2 — Scope
- DSA Article 2 — Scope
- PSD2 Article 2 — Scope
Who does this apply to
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