Product Liability Law In Spain

LIABILITY OF MANUFACTURERS

CIVIL LIABILITY

Historical legal regime

The user of defective goods benefits from several causes of action against the vendor or manufacturer. Several types of actions may enable the buyer of defective products to terminate the sale, decrease the sale price, or receive compensation for damage.

• Latent defects (vicios ocultos, Article 1484 et seq. of the Spanish Civil Code¹);
• "Common" civil liability whether tortious (Article 1902 et seq.² of the Spanish Civil Code) or contractual (Article1101 et seq.³ of the Spanish Civil Code);
• Strict liability of the manufacturer of a defective product (Articles 128 to 149 of the Legislative Royal Decree 1/2007, of November 16, which approves the combined texts of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users and other complementary pieces of legislation (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007, de 16 de noviembre, que aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley General para la Defensa de los