Post by 24hour-AR

Six months from now, a 3D printing file you uploaded to a website could trigger a product liability claim. Post 2 of #ThePLDfiles.  Today: what counts as a product under PLD Directive (EU) 2024/2853 from 9 December 2026. . The 1985 directive was built for physical goods.  It did not mention software once. The new rules do.  And the scope is broader than most digital businesses expect. Here is what the directive will cover from 9 December 2026. 1⃣ Software. All of it. Standalone apps, firmware, operating systems, integrated code. All products under the new rules. 2⃣ Digital manufacturing files.  A 3D printing file that controls machinery is a product. If the object it produces causes harm, the file is in scope. 3⃣ Free does not mean excluded.  The test is commercial activity, not price. A free file used to support a business is covered. So is a file exchanged for personal data. 4⃣ Related digital services.  Some products cannot function without a connected digital service. That service is now treated as a product component. One note on 3D printing files.  Selling those files commercially already requires an EU authorised representative.  The PLD now adds a second reason for that from December 2026. We have published a plain-language guide to Directive (EU) 2024/2853 here: https://lnkd.in/e3FkThfN Are you selling software or digital files into the EU?  Which of these four categories applies to your products? #ThePLDfiles #24hourAR #ProductLiabilityDirective #PLD #DigitalProducts #ProductCompliance