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1. What claims may be brought for liability for defective products? Is liability based on fault/ negligence, or strict liability, or both? The Consumers’ Protection Law, hereinafter referred to as CPL, establishes a strict liability regime, i.e. not fault-based. However, this strict liability system does not preclude other liability systems providing a consumer with greater protection on a...

1. DO EMPLOYEES AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE BUYER WHEN A BUSINESS IS SOLD? Directive 98/50/EC relating to the safeguarding of employees rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses was transposed into Greek law via Presidential Degree 178/2002. The latter applies to every contractual or statutory business transfer, merger, takeover or acquisition of...