In Commission of the European Union v United Kingdom (EC v UK) [1997] the European Court of Justice was concerned with the fact that there were not enough successful cases under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in the UK.

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The statement is false. In EC v UK the issue for the European Court of Justice was to decide whether the UK had properly implemented the European Directive on product liability. The Commission had raised concerns that the wording of Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (which implemented the Directive) in relation to the 'developments risk defence' allowed for a looser and more subjective interpretation of the defence than was intended in the wording of the Directive. The outcome of the case was that the wording of the Act must be treated as being the same as the wording of the Directive, and that the key to when the defence would be able to be used would be based on whether or not the defendant would have had 'accessible' information available to them about the safety or otherwise of the product.

In Commission of the European Union V United Kingdom (EC