15. January 2026
Dr. Gerhard Wiebe
What will change in 2026: Product-related IT regulation and product liability law
2024 could be the year of regulation of smart and digital products. This is because the EU players already agreed on a Cyber Resilience Act and an AI Act at the end of 2023, meaning that they can be expected to be adopted in 2024. Negotiations on the new EU Product Liability Directive, which will replace Directive 85/374/EEC and comprehensively reform product liability law, are also in the “hot phase”; it is therefore not unlikely that the new EU Product Liability Directive will be adopted in 2024.
