1. PRODUCT LIABILITY AND SAFETY LAWS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

2. LITHUANIA:
“Law on the approval, entry into force and implementation of the Civil Code” of 18 July 2000”

3. MALTA:
“Consumer Affairs Act” of September 1999 (Part VII – Liability for Defective Products)

4. POLAND:
“Law of 2 March 2000 on the protection of certain consumer rights and on the liability for a damage caused by a dangerous product” (amending the Civil Code)

5. ROMANIA:
“Government Ordinance 87/2000 on the Liability of producers for the damages caused by defective products”

6. SLOVAK REPUBLIC:
“Law of 2 November 1999 on Product Liability”

7. SLOVENIA:
“Law on Consumer Protection”

8. TURKEY:
“Law concerning the protection of the consumer” of 1995

9. BULGARIA:
“Law on Consumer Protection and Trade Rules”

10. CYPRUS:
“Product Liability Law” nº 105(1) of 1995
Amendments: Law nº 94(1) of 1999
Law nº 113(1) of 2000

11. CZECH REPUBLIC:
“Act on the liability for damage caused by faulty products”
Amendment: 2000

12. ESTONIA:
“Law on Obligations”

13. HUNGARY:
“Act X of 1993 on Product Liability”
“Act XXV of 1998 on Medicinal Products for Human Use”
Amendment to Act XXV

14. LATVIA:
“Law on the Liability for Product and Service Deficiencies”

15. Definition of product:
dangerous… or defective?
some words are missing
use… or distribution?
goods imported into “xxx” or into the Community?

16. Definition of producer:
manufacturer of a finished product (missing)
producer of any raw material or manufacturer of a
component part (missing)
“supplier of services”
the words “presents himself as its producer” are omitted

17. Transposition of:
Article 7 (b)
7 (c)
7 (d)
7 (f)
Inclusion of the condition: «nor benefits the injured person could have obtained in connection with its use».

18. Article 9.b:
Lower threshold

19. Article 13:
It is not transposed!

20. - Primary agricultural products and game are excluded from the scope of the national measure