CELEX: 62017CN0648
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-648/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Latvia), lodged on 20 November 2017 — Balcia Insurance SE

26.2.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/27
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Latvia), lodged on 20 November 2017 — Balcia Insurance SE
   (Case C-648/17)
   (2018/C 072/36)
   Language of the case: Latvian
   
      Referring court
   
   Augstākā tiesa
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Balcia Insurance SE
   
      Defendant: AS Baltijas Apdrošināšanas Nams
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Is Article 3(1) of Council Directive 72/166/EEC (1) of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of 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 (First Directive), to be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘use of vehicles’ covers a situation such as that in the main proceedings, that is to say, the opening of the doors of a stationary vehicle?
            
         
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               If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, is Article 3(1) of Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 to be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘use of vehicles’ covers a situation such as that in the main proceedings, that is to say, a situation in which damage to the property of a third party is caused by use of the vehicle by a passenger?
            
         
      (1)  English special edition: Series I Volume 1972(II) p. 360.