Regulation of products

This overview is a guide to the content within the Regulatory (EU Law) subtopic with links to the appropriate materials. This subtopic examines EU regulations and directives which regulate products including the safety and liability, and ecodesign requirements. This subtopic also covers specific areas, such as construction products, cosmetic products, conflict minerals, machinery and forest-derived products.

General product liability and safety regulations

The EU Product Liability Directive

Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985, on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products, also known as the EU Product Liability Directive (EU PLD), imposes a strict liability on producers of defective products marketed in the EEA.

Practice Note: The EU Product Liability Directive considers what constitutes a defective product under the EU PLD, who in the supply chain may be liable, their degree of liability and any contributory negligence issues, the type of damages that may be awarded and the various defences available to a producer. It considers significant cases of the Court of Justice, looks at reports on the efficacy of the EU PLD and plans for future

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EU adopts regulation streamlining financial services reporting requirements

The European Parliament and Council have adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/… of 8 October 2025 amending Regulations (EU) No 1092/2010, (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 806/2014, (EU) 2021/523 and (EU) 2024/1620 regarding reporting requirements in financial services and investment support (otherwise known as the Better Data Sharing Regulation). The regulation introduces new information sharing obligations between EU financial authorities including the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), Single Resolution Board (SRB), European Central Bank (ECB) and the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), implementing a 'report once' principle whereby authorities must request information from other authorities rather than directly from financial institutions where possible. The regulation requires European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) to prepare a feasibility study for a cross-sectoral integrated reporting system within 60 months, establish a permanent single contact point for reporting duplicative requirements, and grants authorities discretionary powers to share anonymised information with researchers for innovation purposes. The regulation also changes InvestEU Programme reporting frequency from biannual to annual and mandates authorities to review and propose removal of redundant reporting requirements within 24 months.

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