CELEX: 62010CN0299
Language: en
Date: 2010-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-299/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial de Amares (Portugal) lodged on 17 June 2010 — Cristiano Marques Vieira v Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade SA

28.8.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 234/25
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial de Amares (Portugal) lodged on 17 June 2010 — Cristiano Marques Vieira v Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade SA
   (Case C-299/10)
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   2010/C 234/41
   Language of the case: Portuguese
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal Judicial de Amares
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Cristiano Marques Vieira
   
      Defendant: Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade SA
   
      Question referred
   
   In a motor vehicle collision in which none of the drivers is liable for the accident on the basis of fault, and which has caused personal injury and material loss to one of the drivers (the injured party claiming compensation, who is a minor), is it contrary to Community law, in particular Article 3(1) of the First Directive (Directive 72/166/EEC), (1) Article 2(1) of the Second Directive (84/5/EEC) (2) and Article 1 of the Third Directive (90/232/EEC), (3) as those provisions have been interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Communities, for it to be possible to apportion liability for risk (Article 506(1) and (2) of the Código Civil (Portuguese Civil Code)) with a direct impact on the amount of compensation to be awarded to the injured party for the material and non-material loss resulting from the personal injuries suffered (since that apportionment of liability for risk will entail a commensurate reduction in the amount of compensation)?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 72/166/EEC 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 (OJ, English Special Edition 1972 (II), p. 360).
   
      (2)  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).
   
      (3)  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).