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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 7 February 2020 — VI v KRONE — Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG

(Case C-65/20)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: VI

Defendant: KRONE — Verlag Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG

Question referred

Is Article 2 together with Article 1 and Article 6 of Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products 1 to be interpreted as meaning that a physical copy of a daily newspaper containing a technically inaccurate health tip which, when followed, causes damage to health can also be regarded as a (defective) product?

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1 OJ 1985 L 210, p. 29.