Translation of "Verschuldensunabhängige haftung" in English

It is confirmed that national laws on strict liability in most Member States already cover non-material damage.

For the sender's bank this would introduce the concept of no-fault liability.

With regard to strict liability, at least two aspects suggest the idea be dismissed:

The Directive has therefore provided a common framework for liability without fault.

The Directive has therefore provided a common framework for strict liability.

As in the case of product liability, no-fault liability and obligatory insurance were desirable for suppliers of services.

This full guarantee covers all consequential damage, gradual damage and strict liability.

Strict liability and other liability for negligence shall be excluded.

In the case of checked baggage, it is liable even if not at fault, unless the baggage was defective.

The strict liability of the air carrier is limited to around € 143.000 at EU-level.

In the case of checked baggage, it is liable even if not at fault, unless the baggage was defective.

Liability without fault of VDEI-Service GmbH for initial defects of the rented object (liability under a guarantee) is ruled out.

In the case of checked baggage, it is liable even if not at fault, unless the baggage was defective.

Veloyo’s no-fault liability for initial material defect of the user’s property is excluded.

Such limitations of liability are not deemed to apply to no-fault liability provided by law, resulting in particular from guarantee or the Product Liability Act.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have before us a European Commission proposal which aims to extend the Community provisions on no-fault liability for defective products to primary agricultural products and game.

The draft Protocol introduces, among other things, compulsory insurance requirements for passenger carriers and a regime of strict liability coupled with rights of direct action.

At European level no statistics exist which break down the type of liability (negligence or no fault-based liability) or the type of defect.

On the basis of the analysis set out in this paper, the Commission considers as the most appropriate option that of a Community framework directive on environmental liability, providing for strict liability - with defences – with respect to traditional damage (namely damage to health and property) and environmental damage (contamination of sites and damage to biodiversity in Natura 2000 areas) caused by EC regulated dangerous activities, and fault-based liability for damage to such biodiversity caused by non-dangerous activities.

In addition, none of the applicable conventions or protocols stipulates a strict liability for the carrier or an obligation for carriers to take out insurance to meet claims from passengers.

In the case of strict liability (for damage caused by activities considered dangerous under Community legislation6), the plaintiff must only prove the causal link between the damage and the polluter.

Some stakeholders, mainly in the producers category, suggested that the "strict liability" standard under the Directive was inappropriate for dealing with liability arising through design defects or injuries attributed to "informational defects" such as a failure to warn.

The speaker pointed out that in Finland - a country when unprocessed agricultural products were already subject to no-fault liability - no significant problems had arisen in that respect.