KRONE – Verlag

Reports of Cases JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 10 June 2021* (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consumer protection – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 2 – Concept of ‘defective product’ – Copy of a printed newspaper containing inaccurate health advice – Exclusion from the directive’s scope) In Case C-65/20, REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court, Austria), made by decision of 21 January 2020, received at the Court on 7 February 2020, in the proceedings VI v KRONE – Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG, THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of J.-C. Bonichot, President of the Chamber, L. Bay Larsen, C. Toader (Rapporteur), M. Safjan and N. Jääskinen, Judges, Advocate General: G. Hogan, Registrar: A. Calot Escobar, having regard to the written procedure, after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: – KRONE – Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG, by S. Korn, Rechtsanwalt, – the German Government, by J. Möller, M. Hellmann and U. Bartl, acting as Agents, – the European Commission, by A.C. Becker and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 15 April 2021, gives the following * Language of the case: German. EN Judgment 1 This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 2 of Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws,...