Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 December 2024.#Ford Italia SpA v ZP and Stracciari SpA.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Liability for defective products – Directive 85/374/EEC – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘producer’ – Concept of a ‘person who … presents him[- or her]self as … [a] producer’ – Conditions – Supplier whose name is the same in part as that of the producer and as the trade mark put on the product by the producer.#Case C-157/23.