Product Liability 2018, Albania

1. LIABILITY SYSTEMS

1.1 What systems of product liability are available (i.e. liability in respect of damage to persons or property resulting from the supply of products found to be defective or faulty)? Is liability fault based, or strict, or both? Does contractual liability play any role? Can liability be imposed for breach of statutory obligations e.g. consumer fraud statutes?

Product liability is mainly governed by provisions of the Law no. 9902/2008 On Consumer Protection and Albanian Civil Code.

Subject to the above instruments the manufacturer shall be liable for the damages being caused by defective products, except for some specific cases(see question 3.1 below).