2015may 13
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Getting the Deal Through – Product Recall 2015, In 22 jurisdictions worldwide

The basic legislative documents that set out the Greek legal framework on product safety are Ministerial Decision Z3/2810/14 of December 2004 (MD), which implemented EU Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety (GPSD) and Law 2251/1994 on Consumers’ Protection (usually referred to as the Consumers’ Law, as in force today – Law 2251), which, inter alia, implemented EU Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member states concerning liability for defective products (as amended by EU Directive 99/34/EC, the PL Directive). The above legal framework is supplemented by Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products, in
force as of 1 January 2010.

2014apr 09
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Jurisdictional Comparisons

Article 6 of Law 2251/1994 on “Consumers’ Protection” (Consumers’ Law) implementing Directive 85/374/EEC “on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member states concerning liability for defective products” (as amended by Directive 99/34/EC) sets the main product liability rules in Greece.