EU Product Compliance, Safety and Liability

Name: EU Product Compliance, Safety and Liability | A Best Practice Guide for the Automotive Sector
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A Best Practice Guide for the Automotive Sector

Sebastian Polly(Autor*in)

DIN e.V.(Herausgeber*in)

DIN Media (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 19. Februar 2018

192 Seiten

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EU Product Compliance, Safety and Liability
Imprint / Copyright
Foreword
Portrait of author
Contents
Introduction
1 The EU product compliance, safety and liability regime
1.1 Vehicle category
1.2 Connection between type-approval, CoP and CoC
1.3 Type-approval
1.3.1 Legal framework
1.3.2 Approval mark
1.4 UNECE
1.4.1 History and general legal framework
1.4.2 Overview of UNECE Regulations
1.4.3 Type-approval and reciprocal recognition
1.4.4 Interplay between UNECE and the EU type-approval regime
1.4.5 Approval mark
1.5 CE
1.5.1 History
1.5.2 Legal framework
1.5.3 EU harmonisation legislation
1.5.4 CE marking in seven steps
1.6 Technical standards
1.7 Different types of product defects or issues
1.7.1 Design
1.7.2 Production
1.7.3 Instruction
1.7.4 Monitoring
1.8 The General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC
1.8.1 Purpose and scope of application
1.8.2 Prohibition of placing unsafe products on the market
1.8.3 Safety information
1.8.4 Notification obligation
1.8.5 Market surveillance
1.8.6 Potential sanctions
1.9 RAPEX
1.9.1 Introduction
1.9.2 Legal framework
1.9.3 Contact point authorities
1.9.4 Search engine and reports
1.9.5 Recent figures
1.9.6 Best practice approaches
1.10 ICSMS
1.10.1 Introduction
1.10.2 Legal framework
1.10.3 Public section
1.10.4 Confidential section
1.10.5 Access to information
1.10.6 Response to inaccurate ICSMS entries
1.10.7 Facilitate the upload of positive information
1.11 International cooperation
1.11.1 Agreements and treaties
1.11.2 Conventions and organisations
1.11.3 OECD
1.12 The Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC
1.12.1 Introduction
1.12.2 Purpose and scope of application
1.12.3 Claimants and defendants
1.12.4 Affected products
1.12.5 Temporal scope of application
1.12.6 Product defect
1.12.7 Damage
1.12.8 Causation
1.12.9 Strict liability
1.12.10 Burden of proof
1.12.11 Exceptions
2 Preventive measures to reduce potential risks to product compliance, safety and liability
2.1 Continuously verify compliance with mandatory legal requirements
2.1.1 Identification
2.1.2 Interpretation
2.1.3 Constant revision
2.2 Consider technical standards
2.2.1 Aim for compliance
2.2.2 Scenarios that might justify deviations from technical standards
2.2.3 Deliberate deviation from technical standards
2.3 Consider internal standards
2.3.1 Role
2.3.2 Constant revision
2.3.3 Effect of non-compliance
2.4 Strive towards full traceability
2.4.1 Basic principle
2.4.2 VIN
2.4.3 Serial numbers and other codes
2.4.4 Manufacturer contact details and genuineness
2.4.5 Visibility
2.4.6 Permanent affixing
2.5 Implement a product safety and product compliance monitoring system
2.5.1 Role
2.5.2 Passive product monitoring
2.5.3 Active product monitoring
2.5.4 Social media and other internet publications
2.5.5 Big data, the backend and connectivity
2.5.6 Centralised approach
2.5.7 Checklists and templates
2.5.8 Database
2.6 Implement a product safety and product compliance committee
2.6.1 Role
2.6.2 Participants
2.6.3 Intervals
2.6.4 Decision-making process
2.6.5 Involvement of the Legal and Compliance Department
2.6.6 Documentation
2.7 Training
2.8 Contractual relationships and terms
2.8.1 Choice of law, jurisdiction and dispute resolution
2.8.2 Detailed product descriptions and specifications
2.8.3 Agreement on incoming and outgoing goods inspections
2.8.4 Agreement on notice of defects and rejection procedures
2.8.5 Limitation of liability, recourse and indemnification clauses
2.8.6 Burden of proof
2.8.7 Statute of limitations and warranty period
2.8.8 Reporting of product investigations or issues
2.8.9 Authority notifications
2.8.10 Corrective actions and costs
2.8.11 Protection against insolvency risks
2.9 Documentation and paper trail
2.10 Prepare for a product crisis
2.10.1 Definition of stakeholders and reporting lines
2.10.2 Traceability data
2.10.3 Make preparations for immediate actions
3 Handling a product crisis
3.1 Take immediate action if necessary
3.1.1 Proceed with extra caution
3.1.2 Consider preliminary precautious actions
3.1.3 Notify insurance
3.1.4 Secure potential evidence
3.1.5 Secure potential recourse actions
3.1.6 Ad hoc announcement for capital market
3.1.7 Involving external legal counsel
3.2 Implement a product crisis task force
3.3 Investigate facts of the case
3.3.1 Importance of a diligent and complete investigation
3.3.2 Typical questions and necessary information
3.3.3 Sources of information
3.3.4 Compliance with labour and data protection laws
3.3.5 Protect sensitive information
3.4 Risk assessment
3.4.1 Legal background
3.4.2 Meaning of risk
3.4.3 Anticipate potential injury scenarios
3.4.4 Assess probability of the occurrence of potential injury scenarios
3.4.5 Combine hazard with probability to obtain risk level
3.4.6 Format
3.5 Legal assessment
3.5.1 Public law
3.5.2 Civil law
3.5.3 Criminal law
3.6 Authority notifications
3.6.1 Legal background
3.6.2 Content
3.6.3 Deadlines
3.6.4 Notification of authorities in several jurisdictions
3.6.5 EU Business Application
3.6.6 Foreign notification obligations outside of the EU
3.7 Corrective actions
3.7.1 Legal background
3.7.2 Accurate type
3.7.3 Accurate description
3.7.4 Role of risk levels
3.7.5 Role of retrieval rates
3.8 Crisis communication
3.8.1 Accuracy
3.8.2 Consistency
3.8.3 Simultaneous information
3.8.4 Methods of communication
3.8.5 Local languages, customs and other challenges
3.8.6 No acknowledgements
3.8.7 Internal briefings and trainings
3.8.8 Handle public warnings
3.9 Handle liability claims including recourse actions
3.9.1 Liability claims by customers, end-customers, users and others
3.9.2 Recourse actions within the supply/distribution chain
3.10 AAR and lessons learned
3.11 Final report and closure of the matter
Appendices
General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (Excerpt)
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 18
Article 19
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Article 23
Article 24
Product Liability Directive 85/374/EEC (Excerpt)
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12
Article 13
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 18
Article 19
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Type-Approval Framework Directive 2007/46/EC (Excerpt)
Chapter I - General Provisions
Article 1 - Subject matter
Article 2 - Scope
Article 3 - Definitions
Chapter II - General Obligations
Article 4 - Obligations of Member States
Article 5 - Obligations of manufacturers
Chapter III - EC Type-Approval Procedures
Article 6 - Procedures to be followed for the EC type-approval of vehicles
Article 7 - Procedure to be followed for the EC type-approval of systems, components or separate technical units
Chapter IV - Conduct of Type-Approval Procedures
Article 8 - General provisions
Article 9 - Specific provisions concerning vehicles
Article 10 - Specific provisions concerning systems, components or separate technical units
Article 11 - Tests required for EC type-approval
Article 12 - Conformity of production arrangements
Article 13 - General provisions
Article 14 - Specific provisions concerning vehicles
Article 15 - Specific provisions concerning systems, components or separate technical units
Article 16 - Issue and notification of amendments
Chapter VI - Validity of an EC Type-Approval of Vehicles
Article 17 - Termination of validity
Chapter VII - Certificate of Conformity and Markings
Article 18 - Certificate of conformity
Article 19 - EC type-approval mark
Chapter VIII - New Technologies or Concepts incompatible with separate Directives
Article 20 - Exemptions for new technologies or new concepts
Article 21 - Action required
Chapter XI - Registration, Sale and Entry into Service
Article 26 - Registration, sale and entry into service of vehicles
Article 27 - Registration, sale and entry into service of end-of-series vehicles
Article 28 - Sale and entry into service of components and separate technical units
Chapter XII - Safeguard Clauses
Article 29 - Vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units in compliance with this Directive
Article 30 - Vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units not in conformity with the approved type
Article 31 - Sale and entry into service of parts or equipment which are capable of posing a significant risk to the correct functioning of essential systems
Article 32 - Recall of vehicles
Article 33 - Notification of decisions and remedies available
Chapter XIII - International Regulations
Article 34 - UNECE Regulations required for EC type-approval
Article 35 - Equivalence of UNECE Regulations with directives or regulations
Article 36 - Equivalence with other regulations
Chapter XIV - Provision of Technical Information
Article 37 - Information intended for users
Article 38 - Information intended for manufacturers of components or separate technical units
Chapter XVII - Final Provisions
Article 46 - Penalties
Article 51 - Addressees
List of abbreviations

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