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CMR road-transport liability is capped at EUR 10 per kilogram. Venue building insurance covers the hall, not your stand. Visitor injuries at your stand are your liability, not the organiser's. AUMA's exhibitor checklist names four policies that, together, cover the actual exposure: EUR 3 million public liability, all-risk transport cover at 0.3-0.6% of value, on-stand all-risk cover for the show duration, and abandonment cover for the cancellation scenarios that became universal practice after 2020. This section unpacks each and shows where the standard exhibitor terms still leave gaps.
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 — the General Product Safety Regulation — adopted 10 May 2023, fully applicable from 13 December 2024 — replaces the 2001 General Product Safety Directive and modernises EU consumer product safety. Trade fair demo products are within scope regardless of whether sale occurs at the fair. A handbook covering the seven GPSR obligations most consequential for trade fair demos, the EU economic operator requirement for non-EU exhibitors, Safety Gate (formerly RAPEX) interaction, market surveillance enforcement patterns at IFA/Salone del Mobile/Maison & Objet, documentation chain integration with PLD 2024/2853 and PPWR 2025/40, and the 2025-2027 implementation timeline.
Directive (EU) 2024/2853, adopted 23 October 2024, replaces the 40-year-old Product Liability Directive for products placed on the EU market after 8 December 2026. Software and AI-driven products are now explicitly in scope as products with strict-liability exposure. Non-EU exhibitors face new producer-liability exposure unless they designate EU authorised representatives. A practical guide for trade fair exhibitors covering the five scenarios most affected, the insurance cover changes, and the documentation chain that supports a defensible position.
Exhibition insurance covers freight transit, on-stand property, public liability, and event cancellation in distinct policies with distinct exclusions. The premium ranges, the deductible structures, and the claim patterns that determine which cover types actually protect a tier-one European fair project.
The 24-item exhibitor liability verification checklist experienced European procurement teams apply before signing stand and venue contracts in 2026. Builder contracts, venue contracts, operational verification, cross-cutting items, regulatory frameworks, multi-country considerations.
Full exhibition stand insurance cost guide for European fairs in 2026. Five core coverage types, per-fair pricing by stand value, venue minimum requirements at Messe Frankfurt RAI Hannover IFEMA Madrid ExCeL London, common claim patterns, and multi-fair annual programmes.
