32According to the fourth recital of Directive 85/374, protection of the consumer requires that any persons who present themselves as producers by affixing their name, trade mark or other distinguishing feature to the product should be made liable in the same way as the actual producer. Furthermore, it follows both from Article 5 of that directive and from the fifth recital thereof that the liability of a person who presents himself as a producer is on the same level as that of the actual producer, and that the consumer may freely choose to claim full compensation for damage from any one of them, since they are liable jointly and severally.
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