Article 9

Council 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 · European Union

For the purpose of Article 1, 'damage' means: This Article shall be without prejudice to national provisions relating to non-material damage. damage caused by death or by personal injuries; damage to, or destruction of, any item of property other than the defective product itself, with a lower threshold of 500 ECU, provided that the item of property: is of a type ordinarily intended for private use or consumption, and (ii) was used by the injured person mainly for his own private use or consumption.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.