Directive (EU) 2024/2853 ／ 第II章 欠陥製品に対する責任に関する特定規定
第11条 責任の免除
Article 11 — Exemption from liability
1. An economic operator as referred to in Article 8 shall not be liable for damage caused by a defective product if that economic operator proves any of the following:
(a)in the case of a manufacturer or importer, that it did not place the product on the market or put it into service;
(b)流通業者の場合には、製品を市場で入手可能にしなかったこと
(b)in the case of a distributor, that it did not make the product available on the market;
(c)損害を引き起こした欠陥が、製品が上市され、使用開始され、若しくは流通業者の場合には市場で入手可能にされた時点で存在しなかった蓋然性が高いこと、又は当該欠陥が当該時点の後に生じたこと
(c)that it is probable that the defectiveness that caused the damage did not exist at the time the product was placed on the market, put into service or, in the case of a distributor, made available on the market, or that that defectiveness came into being after that moment;
(d)損害を引き起こした欠陥が、製品が法的要件を遵守したことに起因すること
(d)that the defectiveness that caused the damage is due to compliance of the product with legal requirements;
(e)製品が上市され、若しくは使用開始された時点、又は製品が製造者の管理の範囲内にあった期間における科学的及び技術的知見の客観的水準が、欠陥を発見することができるものではなかったこと
(e)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;
(f)第8条(1)第1段(b)に規定する欠陥のある構成部品の製造者の場合には、当該構成部品が組み込まれた製品の欠陥が、当該製品の設計又は当該製品の製造者が当該構成部品の製造者に与えた指示に起因すること
(f)in the case of a manufacturer of a defective component, as referred to in Article 8(1), first subparagraph, point (b), that the defectiveness of the product in which that component has been integrated is attributable to the design of that product or to the instructions given by the manufacturer of that product to the manufacturer of that component;
(g)第8条(2)に規定する製品を変更する者の場合には、損害を引き起こした欠陥が、変更の影響を受けていない製品の部分に関連すること
(g)in the case of a person that modifies a product as referred to in Article 8(2), that the defectiveness that caused the damage is related to a part of the product not affected by the modification.
2. 第1項(c)の規定にかかわらず、製品の欠陥が次のいずれかに起因する場合には、それが製造者の管理の範囲内にあることを条件として、経済事業者は責任を免除されない。
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, point (c), an economic operator shall not be exempted from liability where the defectiveness of a product is due to any of the following, provided that it is within the manufacturer’s control:
(a)関連サービス
(a)a related service;
(b)ソフトウェアの更新又はアップグレードを含むソフトウェア
(b)software, including software updates or upgrades;
(c)安全性を維持するために必要なソフトウェアの更新又はアップグレードの欠如
(c)a lack of software updates or upgrades necessary to maintain safety;
(d)製品の大幅な変更
(d)a substantial modification of the product.