Replacing delict

Some of the scandals led national legislators to provide compensation schemes outside the ordinary rules of delict.

For example, in Spain, after the Colza scandal, the legislature passed a Consumer Protection Act 1984 under which the manufacturer would be strictly liable for defects in products that required a certain level of purity or to meet special technical requirements, and a presumption of fault in other cases. For example, a consumer suffered burns after a bottle of benzine exploded and burst into flames. The manufacturer was liable because he had not shown he had acted with due care in the labelling of the product, warning that the product was not safe for domestic use.

Some special schemes of compensation have been set up, for example France has a compensation scheme for the victims of contaminated blood transfusion products.

Certain types of victim have been compensated outside delict, notably workmen, who have a general, insurance-based scheme of compensation for injuries at work since 1884 in Germany.