The Council adopted a resolution in 1975 for a preliminary programme on consumer protection and information technology.

[3] The Pearson Commission in the UK noted that this work had started, and refrained from making their own recommendations.

115) of the Treaty of Rome and the aim to achieve a single market: The Council shall, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, issue directives for the approximation of such laws, regulations or administrative provisions of the members states as directly affect the establishment of the common market.

[6] Article 15(1)(b) of the directive gives member states the option of adopting the development risks defence: 1.

In 2021, the European Commission conducted an Impact Assessment study on the possible revision of the Product Liability Directive.