CELEX: 62015CA0558
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-558/15: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação do Porto — Portugal) — Alberto José Vieira Azevedo and Others v CED Portugal Unipessoal Lda, Instituto de Seguros de Portugal — Fundo de Garantia Automóvel (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability — Directive 2000/26/EC — Article 4(5) — Insurance undertaking — Claims representative — Sufficient powers of representation — Notifications of proceedings before the courts)

13.2.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 46/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação do Porto — Portugal) — Alberto José Vieira Azevedo and Others v CED Portugal Unipessoal Lda, Instituto de Seguros de Portugal — Fundo de Garantia Automóvel
   (Case C-558/15) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability - Directive 2000/26/EC - Article 4(5) - Insurance undertaking - Claims representative - Sufficient powers of representation - Notifications of proceedings before the courts))
   (2017/C 046/08)
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal da Relação do Porto
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Alberto José Vieira Azevedo, Maria da Conceição Ferreira da Silva, Carlos Manuel Ferreira Alves, Rui Dinis Ferreira Alves, Vítor José Ferreira Alves
   
      Defendants: CED Portugal Unipessoal Lda, Instituto de Seguros de Portugal — Fundo de Garantia Automóvel
   
      Intervening parties: Institituto de Seguros de Portugal — Fundo de Acidentes de Trabalho
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 4 of Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 May 2000 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 amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC and 88/357/EEC (Fourth motor insurance Directive), as amended by Directive 2005/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005, must be interpreted as not requiring Member States to provide that the claims representative appointed pursuant to that article may itself be sued, instead of the insurance undertaking which it represents, in the national court before which an action for damages was brought by an injured party falling within the scope of Article 1 of Directive 2000/26, as amended by Directive 2005/14.
   
      (1)  OJ C 16, 18.1.2016.