Article 5 — Right to compensation
Product Liability Directive, Directive (EU) 2024/2853
What does PRODUCT-LIABILITY Article 5 say?
Short answer, straight from the official text
1. Member States shall ensure that any natural person who suffers damage caused by a defective product (the ‘injured person’) is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Directive. 2.
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. Member States shall ensure that any natural person who suffers damage caused by a defective product (the ‘injured person’) is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Directive.
2. Member States shall ensure that claims for compensation pursuant to paragraph 1 may also be brought by:
(a) a person that succeeded, or was subrogated, to the right of the injured person by virtue of Union or national law or contract; or
(b) a person acting on behalf of one or more injured persons by virtue of Union or national law.
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.
- EUDPR Article 65 — Right to compensation
- Regulation 261/2004 Article 7 — Right to compensation
Who does this apply to
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