Judgment_paragraph 27 · Henning Veedfald v Århus Amtskommune (C-203/99)

27Although it is left to national legislatures to determine the precise content of those two heads of damage, nevertheless, save for nonmaterial damage whose reparation is governed solely by national law, full and proper compensation for persons injured by a defective product must be available in the case of those two heads of damage. Application of national rules may not impair the effectiveness of the Directive (see, to this effect, the judgment in Case C-365/88 Hagen [1990] ECR I-1845, paragraph 20) and the national court must interpret its national law in the light of the wording and the purpose of the Directive (see, in particular, the judgment in Case 14/83 Von Colson and Kamann [1984] ECR 891, paragraph 26).

Henning Veedfald v Århus Amtskommune (C-203/99)

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