CELEX: 62012CN0213
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-213/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 7 May 2012 — Fernando Casimiro dos Santos Ferreira and Others v Companhia de Seguros Allianz Portugal S.A.

14.7.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 209/5
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 7 May 2012 — Fernando Casimiro dos Santos Ferreira and Others v Companhia de Seguros Allianz Portugal S.A.
   (Case C-213/12)
   2012/C 209/07
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Supremo Tribunal de Justiça
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellants: Fernando Casimiro dos Santos Ferreira, Maria do Carmo Ferreira dos Santos, Rosa Fernanda Santos Ferreira
   
      Respondent: Companhia de Seguros Allianz Portugal S.A.
   
      Question referred
   
   Must Article 1(1) and Article 3 of the Second Directive, (1) read in conjunction with Article 1 of the Third Directive, (2) be interpreted as preventing national legislation from excluding any entitlement to compensation for non-financial damage for members of the driver’s family arising from the driver’s death when the accident is attributed exclusively to the driver’s fault?
   
      (1)  Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC of 30 December 1983 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles. (OJ 1984 L 8, p. 17).
   
      (2)  Third Council Directive 90/232/EEC of 14 May 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles. (OJ 1990 L 129, p. 33).