Directive (EU) 2024/2853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC

EU Act: Directive (EU) 2024/2853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC

Date of Notification to Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC): 21 November 2024

Date published in Official Journal of the EU: 18 November 2024

Status: Inquiry completed. Read the Committee's report.

DSC Decisions: At its meeting of 28 November 2024, the Committee decided to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act, pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act.

Further information on the Act can be found below:

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum - 25 October 2022 (PDF, 4 Pages, 85kb)

UK Government Explanatory Memorandum - 4 December 2024 (PDF, 4 pages, 86kb)

Department for the Economy Assessment of Impact on the published EU Act (PDF, 117 pages, 2072KB)

Extracts from Fourteenth Report of Session 2022–23 by the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (PDF, 15 pages, 4346kb)

Correspondence published by the House of Lords European Affairs Sub-Committee on the Windsor Framework Session 2022-23 (PDF, 6 pages, 1924kb)

Correspondence to the UK Government - 29 November 2024 (PDF, 1 page, 87kb)

Response from Consumer Council - 5 December 2024 (PDF, 3 pages, 259kb)

Response from British Standards Institution - 10 December 2024 (PDF, 2 pages, 168kb)

RaISe - Potential Witness List on the published EU act - 25 November 2024 (PDF, 4 pages, 147kb)

Response from RaISe - 10 December 2024 (PDF, 1 page, 189kb)

Relevant Official Report (Hansard) transcript: