31In the second place, as regards the context in which Article 3(1) of Directive 85/374 occurred and the objective pursued by that directive, it is apparent from the fourth and fifth recitals of that directive and from Article 5 thereof that the EU legislature intended to adopt a broad interpretation of the concept of ‘producer’ in order to protect the consumer.
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