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Product Liability Directive (PLD)

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Directive (EU) 2024/2853, which treats software, including AI, as a product; judges defect with learning and updates in view; lets courts order disclosure and presume defect; and applies to products placed on the market after 9 Dec 2026 1.

Developed in
ch. 20, The EU Product Liability Directive
Chapters
ch. 20, Existing Law
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

3 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Product Liability Directive (PLD): mentions per chapter9 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 5 mentions08 Regulatory Map515 Deployment: 1 mention15 Deployment120 Existing Law: 3 mentions20 Existing Law3No mentions in the other 20 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Product Liability Directive (PLD): mentions per chapter9 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 5 mentions508101112131415 Deployment: 1 mention1151617181920 Existing Law: 3 mentions320212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Product Liability Directive (PLD) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map5No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment1No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law3Yes
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Sources

  1. [1] Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products (software as a product; defectiveness incl. the ability to continue to learn; substantial modification; transposition by 9 Dec 2026). Official Journal of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2024-10-23. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2853/oj (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Product Liability Directive (PLD). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/product-liability-directive-pld. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026productliabilitydirectivepld,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Product Liability Directive (PLD)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/product-liability-directive-pld}
}