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The RAPEX system in the year 2019: an overview

Category: compliance , product safety , recall management Industry: automotive, machine construction, consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

The new guidelines for the "Rapid Exchange of Information" (RAPEX) system include some important clarifications. Article by Philipp Reusch and Dennis more...

Consolidation of EU market surveillance

Category: compliance , product safety , recall management Industry: automotive, machine construction, consumer goods Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

Goodbye to unsafe products? On 14 June 2019, the Council adopted a Regulation which consolidates the framework for market surveillance and adapts it more...

Lifelong obligation for manufacturers to supply spare parts?

Category: product liability , contract law Industry: consumer goods, machine construction, automotive Author: Philipp Reusch , Marie Neumann Date: 2019

Manufacturers may be required to provide spare parts to end-users beyond the warranty period. However, this is only the case under narrow conditions more...

Brexit update: Judgment on contractual duties in case of an unregulated withdrawal

Category: contract law Industry: automotive, machine construction, railway Author: Daniel Wuhrmann , Thorsten Deeg Date: 2019

An English court has now considered the question as to whether the impact of an unregulated Brexit would constitute a "frustrating event." Article by more...

Data protection and future mobility

Category: future law , data protection Industry: automotive Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Moritz zur Weihen Date: 2019

The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of Baden-Württemberg has expressed his views about the increasingly more...

Case law report: product liability and product safety law

Category: product liability , product safety Industry: automotive, consumer goods, railway Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

Product liability and product safety are becoming increasingly important in everyday practice. In cases with damages, it is not uncommon for the more...

The GDPR and documenting the erasure of data: effectively impossible?

Category: data protection Industry: automotive, consumer goods, cosmetics Author: Dr. Carlo Piltz , Moritz zur Weihen Date: 2019

The duty of erasure provided for in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is subject to the all-encompassing accountability requirement. In more...

Cluster automotiveland.nrw

Category: product safety , future law , data protection Industry: automotive, corporate news Author: Philipp Reusch , Daniel Wuhrmann , Jan Sune Krey , Thorsten Deeg Date: 2019

Founding an association to help companies contend with digitization, provide assistance to start-ups and promote research projects more...

Mobile Updates

Category: future law , product liability , product safety Industry: automotive, consumer goods, machine construction Author: Philipp Reusch Date: 2019

Updatability, mandatory updates and product liability law framework. Article by Philipp Reusch more...