PLD evidence readiness checker

Evidence location for disclosure readiness

Check whether records can be found. Do not store the records or predict a case.

Saved answers stay inside these labels: kind_band, service_band, commercial_band, foss_band, movement_band, timing_band, role_band, base_band, found_band, soft_band, update_band, learn_band, integrate_band, safety_band, modified_band, control_band, purpose_band, hazard_band, risk_band, foresaw_band, version_band, design_band, change_band, test_band, defect_band, file_band, trace_band, keep_band, owner_band, handling_band, stock_band, date_band, map_band, digital_band, evidence_band, nation_band, plan_band

Can the product and version be identified?Are design and development records located?Are update and change records located?Is safety-testing evidence located?Are defect records located?Is the technical documentation location known?Can components be traced?Is there an evidence preservation process?Is a disclosure-response owner named?Is there a trade-secret handling process?

What this checks

The directive contains court-based evidence disclosure, so the location of records matters. This checker covers product and version identification, design and development records, update and change records, safety-testing evidence, defect records, the place of technical documentation, component traceability, preservation, a disclosure-response owner, and trade-secret handling. Failure to disclose can matter to statutory presumptions, but this screen does not apply those presumptions or predict success, a judgment, or compensation. It stores none of the documents, source code, names, injury details, or narratives.

Who should use this

Quality, legal operations, and records teams preparing disclosure readiness.

How results work

All located records can be ready. A missing record is an evidence gap. A missing owner or handling step is an action. Unknown location is a specialist review.

Dates used in this screen

Member States must transpose Directive (EU) 2024/2853 by 2026-12-09. The new liability framework is for products placed on the market or put into service after 2026-12-08. Earlier products remain with the previous framework. National transposition is not filled in here.

Official sources

Use the current text of Directive (EU) 2024/2853, the 2026 corrigendum, the Commission pages on defective-product liability, and national transposition information when it is published. The older product liability directive remains the prior framework.

Limitations

Claimants generally still prove defectiveness, damage, and a causal link. This screen does not decide who must prove what in a case.

How to read the screen

Start with known facts

Answer yes only when the record's location is known, not when the record itself is uploaded.

Leave gaps open

Keep defect categories separate from any personal description of harm.

Readiness is not a judgment

A ready result means the locations and owners are named. It does not mean a defence is available.

Questions

Why does location matter?

Because the directive includes disclosure mechanisms. Knowing where evidence sits is a readiness step, not a prediction of the case.

Will missing evidence be treated as a presumption?

No. The directive has defined presumptions in specified circumstances, including where disclosure fails. This screen only marks an evidence gap.

Does this store documents or names?

No. Only the selected categories and the ruleset version can be saved.

Where do national rules fit?

If implementation in a Member State matters and is not verified, the result stays a national-law check. No national date is invented.