ECIPE paper puts economic cost of revised Product Liability Directive

ECIPE's Fredrik Erixon, Oscar Guinea and Philipp Lamprecht estimate the revised Product Liability Directive, which extends liability to software and AI, cuts EU GDP by 0.17 to 0.24 percent and imports by up to EUR 36.5 million a year through a reversed burden of proof and higher insurance costs.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE occasional paper, 13 May 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that the Commission will revise the Directive in response.

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