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Is European Product Liability Harmonised?

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Tort Law of the European Community

Part of the book series: Tort and Insurance Law ((TIL,volume 23))

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This essay does not question whether, or to what extent, product liability law 6/1 should be harmonised. It simply seeks to assess whether harmonisation has been achieved by the Product Liability Directive1 as regards strict liability.

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  1. T. Wilhelmsson, Products Liability in Finland — A Maximalist Version of the Products Liability Directive, Journal of Consumer Policy 14 (1991) 15.

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Helmut Koziol Reiner Schulze

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Howells, G. (2008). Is European Product Liability Harmonised?. In: Koziol, H., Schulze, R. (eds) Tort Law of the European Community. Tort and Insurance Law, vol 23. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77586-8_6

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