The Liability of Regulators

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In early 2006 Professor Cees van Dam completed a report for the Netherlands Ministry of Justice on Liability of Regulators. The English summary of this report is now available. The report concerns the liability risks for public bodies with a supervisory function in the areas of economic regulation and health and safety. The particular focus is on liability risks for inadequate supervision or enforcement. The project investigated what these risks are, and how they can be limited or eliminated. The conclusions are based on English, French, Italian, German, Belgian and Dutch law and are set in the framework of European community law and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

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