Order — ECLI:EU:C:2003:417
Date: 2003-07-24
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Approximation of laws;Freedom to provide services
Concepts: Protection of personal data
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Portugal

Summary of the Order 
Approximation of laws — Civil liability insurance in respect of motor vehicles — 
Directive 84/5 — Member State which provides for a number of types of civil liability — 
National laws laymg down, in respect of one of them, maximum amounts of 
compensation that are lower than the minimum amounts of cover — Not permissible 
(Council Directive 84/5, Art. 1(2» 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-166/02 
Article 1(2) of the Second Directive 84/5 on 
the approximation of the laws of the 
Member States relating to insurance against 
civil liability in respect of the use of motor 
vehicles precludes national laws which 
provide for a number of types of civil 
liability applicable to road-traffic acci­
dents, laying down, in respect of one of 
them, maximum amounts of compensation 
that are lower than the minimum amounts 
of cover laid down by that article. 
(see para. 25, operative part) 
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