Product Issues

Product Standards

Standards There are national, international and EU standards. The National Standards Authority of Ireland draws up Irish standards There have been many thousands of Irish standards. The British Standard Institute is the British equivalent of the NSAI.… Read the rest

Product Safety

General Product Safety The European Communities (General Product Safety) Regulations give effect to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety. The Regulations require that consumer products placed on the market are safe and obliges producers to place only safe products on the market.… Read the rest

Product Liability II

Producer Liable without Proof of Fault Under the defective products legislation, the producer is liable for personal injury caused by a defect in the product, without proof of fault. The legislation provides liability for death or personal injury caused by a defect in a product.… Read the rest

Product Liability I

Liability in Negligence A manufacturer of products, which reach the ultimate consumer in the same form in which they are sold by it, with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination, and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or manufacture of the product will result in injury to the consumer’s life or property, owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care.… Read the rest

EU Accreditation

Accreditation and market surveillance EU Regulation (EC No 765/2008) sets out requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products. The Regulation lays down common rules for accrediting bodies that ensure that non-food products in the European Union (EU) conform to certain requirements.… Read the rest

Domestic Standards

Standards The Industrial Research and Standards Act (as amended by the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act) provides for the publication of Irish standards. They define technical standards in relation to various products. In cases where the standards have the force of law, the failure to comply with them is an offence.… Read the rest