Article 18 › 2
PLD
Member States may, by way of derogation from Article 11(1), point (e), introduce or amend in their legal systems measures whereby economic operators are liable even if they prove that the objective state of scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was placed on the market or put into service or during the period in which the product was within the manufacturer’s control was not such that the defectiveness could be discovered.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as consolidated on 2024-11-18; changes after this date are not shown.