Article 16(1): the right of an injured person to claim compensation shall extinguish on the expiry of 10 YEARS from the date the actual defective product / its substantially modified version that caused the damage was placed on the market or put into service. Article 16(2): in the case of damage caused by a defect that took LATENT FORM AND THAT MANIFESTED ITSELF MORE THAN 10 YEARS AFTER the product was placed on the market or put into service, the long-stop period is 25 YEARS for personal injury claims (Article 16(2)). Article 16(3): substantial-modifier liability triggers a fresh 10-year long-stop running from the date of the substantial modification (Article 4(18) - so the modifier is liable for 10 years from the date of modification + the original manufacturer remains liable for 10 years from the original placing-on-the-market). The 25-year long-stop for latent personal injury is a 2024 modernisation to address asbestos-style latent-onset cases that the original 1985/374/EEC 10-year long-stop barred.
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