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EU Product Liability Directive Art. 11(2): no later-defect defence for software, its updates or missing safety updates in the manufacturer's control

The manufacturer cannot rely on the defect arising after placing on the market where it is due to software, incl. its updates or upgrades, or to missing safety updates, that remain within its control

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU PLD Art. 11(2) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU PLDArt. 11Duty holderManufacturersApplies from2026-12-09Applies laterArtefactChange logLayersLayer 03Layer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU PLD Art. 11(2) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU PLD · Art. 11Duty holderManufacturersApplies from2026-12-09 · Applies laterArtefactChange logLayersLayer 03Layer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-PLD-ART11-2. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EU PLD, Art. 11.
  • Duty holder: Manufacturers.
  • Applies from: 2026-12-09, Applies later.
  • Artefact: Change log.
  • Layers: Layer 03, Layer 04, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-PLD-ART11-2
Instrument
Product Liability Directive (EU) 2024/2853 law
Clause
Art. 11(2)
In scope
Manufacturers
Authority
National courts
Applies from
Applies later · Products placed on the market or put into service after 2026-12-09

The artefact that evidences it

Change log; regression evals per release; patch decision records; versioned warnings.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Liability, copyright, consumer and sector law, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). EU Product Liability Directive Art. 11(2): no later-defect defence for software, its updates or missing safety updates in the manufacturer's control (AIGE-OBL-PLD-ART11-2). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-pld-art11-2. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EU Product Liability Directive Art. 11(2): no later-defect defence for software, its updates or missing safety updates in the manufacturer's control (AIGE-OBL-PLD-ART11-2)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-pld-art11-2},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}