1999/103/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 1999 relating to the application of Council Directive 72/166/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability (notified under document number C(1999) 109) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, approximation of laws, motor vehicle, third-party insurance

6. 2. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 33/25

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 January 1999

relating to the application of Council Directive 72/166/EEC on the approx-
imation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil
liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforcement of the
obligation to insure against such liability

(notified under document number C(1999) 109)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/103/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24
April 1972 on the approximation of
the
Member States relating to insurance against civil liability
in respect of the use of motor vehicles and to the enforce-
ment of the obligation to insure against such liability (1),
as last amended by Directive 90/232/EEC (2), and in
particular Articles 2(2) and 7(3) thereof,

the laws of

Whereas the present relationships between the national
insurers’ bureaux of the Member States, Norway, Switzer-
land, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Iceland and
Slovenia as defined in Article 1(3) of Directive 72/
166/EEC (bureaux), which collectively provide for the
practical means to abolish insurance inspection in the
case of vehicles normally based in the territories of the
nineteen countries, are governed by the following agree-
ments supplementary to the Uniform Agreement on the
Green Card System between national insurers’ bureaux of
2 September 1951 (Supplementary Agreements) which
were concluded:

— on 12 December 1973 between the bureaux of the
nine Member States and those of Austria, Finland,
Norway, Sweden and Switzerland and extended on 15
March 1986 to the bureaux of Portugal and Spain and
on 9 October 1987 to the bureau of Greece,

— on 22 April 1974 between the fourteen original sig-
the Supplementary Agreement of 12

natories of
December 1973 and the bureau of Hungary,

— on 22 April 1974 between the fourteen original sig-
natories of
the Supplementary Agreement of 12
December 1973 and the bureau of Czechoslovakia,

— on 14 March 1986 between the bureau of Greece and

those of Czechoslovakia and Hungary;

(1) OJ L 103, 2. 5. 1972, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 129, 19. 5. 1990, p. 35.

of

1974,

75/23/EEC (5)

13 December

Whereas the Commission subsequently adopted Deci-
sions 74/166/EEC (3) and 74/167/EEC (4) of 6 February
1974,
86/
218/EEC (6), 86/219/EEC (7) and 86/220/EEC (8) of 16
May 1986 and 88/367/EEC (9), 88/368/EEC (10) and 88/
369/EEC (11) of 18 May 1988 relating to the application of
Directive 72/166/EEC requiring each Member State to
refrain from making checks on insurance against civil
liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based
in the European territory of another Member State or in
the territories of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Sweden,
Finland, Norway, Austria and Switzerland and which are
the subject of the Supplementary Agreements;

Whereas the bureaux have reviewed and unified the texts
of the Supplementary Agreements and replaced them by
a single agreement
(the Multilateral Guarantee Agree-
ment) which was concluded on 15 March 1991 in accord-
ance with the principles laid down in Article 2(2) of
Directive 72/166/EEC;

Whereas the Commission subsequently adopted Decision
91/323/EEC (12) of 30 May 1991 annulling the Supple-
mentary Agreements requiring Member States to refrain
from making checks on insurance against civil liability on
vehicles which are normally based in the European terri-
tory of another Member State or in the territories of
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland, Norway,
Austria and Switzerland, replacing those Supplementary
Agreements by the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement as
from 1 June 1991;

(3) OJ L 87, 30. 3. 1974, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 87, 30. 3. 1974, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1975, p. 33.
(6) OJ L 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 52.
(7) OJ L 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 53.
(8) OJ L 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 54.
(9) OJ L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 45.
(10) OJ L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 46.
(11) OJ L 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 47.
(12) OJ L 177, 5. 7. 1991, p. 25.

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the Commission adopted Decision 93/
Whereas
43/EEC (1)
requiring each Member State, as from 1
January 1993, to refrain from making checks on insur-
ance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are
normally based in the territory of Iceland and which are
the subject of
the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement
between national insurers’ bureaux of 15 March 1991;

Whereas the bureaux amended, on the basis of
the
addendum of 17 September 1993, the Multilateral Agree-
ment so as to include the Czech Republic and the Slovak
Republic;

Whereas the Commission subsequently adopted Decision
97/828/EC (2) of 27 October 1997, pursuant to which
application of the Multilateral Guarantee Agreement was
extended to Slovenia as from 1 November 1997;

Whereas Croatia signed the Multilateral Guarantee Agree-
ment on 17 September 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

As from 1 February 1999, each Member State shall refrain
from making checks on insurance against civil liability in
respect of vehicles which are normally based in the ter-

ritory of Croatia and which are the subject of the Multilat-
eral Guarantee Agreement between national
insurers’
bureaux of 15 March 1991.

Article 2

Member States shall forthwith inform the Commission of
measures taken to apply this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 16, 25. 1. 1993, p. 51.
(2) OJ L 343, 13. 12. 1997, p. 25.