ABSTRACT
On 1 January 2006, the new Obligations Act (Zakon o obveznim odnosima (hereinafter the ZOO)1 came into force in Croatia and replaced the Obligations Act of 1978.2,3 However, compared to the ZOO of 1978, the rules of the ZOO of 2006 regarding the liability for material damage have not undergone any substantial changes. The changes have only been of a terminological nature: instead of the term ‘material damage’ the ZOO of 2006 uses the term ‘patrimonial damage’. Therefore, in elaborating the position of the Croatian law regarding the recoverability of pure economic loss under the ZOO of 2006, reference will be made to the case law and academic literature that emerged in connection with the ZOO of 1978.
