Product safety and product liability in Europe are the two sides of the same coin. The German Federal Court (BGH) has submitted to the European Court of Justice (EuGH) the question: Is a product defective under the regime of the Directive 85/374/EWG if the defectiveness have the specific product has not been evaluated, however, the products is part of a product batch with a significant quota of failures. The decision of the EuGH under prevailing European legislation might have an important influence on the German product liability laws.
International automotive and supplier industry
VDA 2 (2012)
Quality management
VDA Maturty level assurance
ISO 26262
ISO TS 16949
VDA Failure analysis field
Product liability
APQP and PPAP
Risk management
Technical Standards
Supplier management
European law
General Terms & Conditions
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
Quality Assurance Agreement
Product safety
Compliance
Complaint management
recall campaigns
Business interruptions
Incoming inspections
Tools
Contract management
delay in delivery
General Conditions of Purchase
Compensation of damages
General Conditions of Sale