Notion of legally relevant damage, meaning the damage that is recognizded by the legal system to be compensable and to be protected, differs fro the general notion of damage as any negative impact in the broades sense. The most frequent are the cases of pecuniary damage where pecuniary interests of an individual are interfered. The concept of non-contractual liability is differently treated by European legal systems and this is the reason for existence of tendencies to form instruments that would approximate the laws of European countries as a soft law. One of such instruments is also PETL which tends to help national courts and legislator solving questions and problems connected to tort law. The EU law defines the notion of damage in a very limited extent.
The notion of damage is sne of fundamental aspects of tort law. This work is focused on the notion of pecuniary damage and damages, detailed in three parts of the most common forms. The pecuniary damage on the basis of interference with bodily integrity is often structured of certain costs related to medical treatment, rehabilitation and increased needs of injured person, loss of income, affected working capacity and pecuniary damage as a consequence of death of person. Pecuniary damage arising out of damaged things often includes costs of repair or the value of new thing (replacement of thing), loss of income and loss of use. Also the aspect of pure economic damage is relevant. All the listed forms of damage are evaluated from the perspective of PETL, German, French, English and Slovenian law.
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