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See my European Union reports in H. Koziol/ B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2001 (2002), 473; H. Koziol/B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2002 (2003), 432; H. Koziol/ B.C. Steininger (eds.), European Tort Law 2003 (2004), 435. These reports will be referred to as EU Report 2001, EU Report 2002 and EU Report 2003 respectively in the following.Google Scholar

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