CELEX: 62019CA0383
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-383/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim — Poland) — Powiat Ostrowski v Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles — Directive 2009/103/EC — Article 3, first paragraph — Obligation to take out a contract of insurance — Scope — Local government authority which has acquired a vehicle by judicial means — Registered vehicle which is on private land and intended to be destroyed)

5.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 263/3
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim — Poland) — Powiat Ostrowski v Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny
      (Case C-383/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles - Directive 2009/103/EC - Article 3, first paragraph - Obligation to take out a contract of insurance - Scope - Local government authority which has acquired a vehicle by judicial means - Registered vehicle which is on private land and intended to be destroyed)
      (2021/C 263/03)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Referring court
      
      Sąd Rejonowy w Ostrowie Wielkopolskim
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Powiat Ostrowski
      
         Defendant: Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The first paragraph of Article 3 of Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability, is to be interpreted as meaning that the conclusion of contract of insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of a motor vehicle is compulsory where the vehicle concerned is registered in a Member State, as long as that vehicle has not been officially withdrawn from use in accordance with the applicable national rules.
      
         (1)  OJ C 280, 19.8.2019.