NINTH  COMMISSION DECISION
of 18 May 1988
relating to the application of Council Directive 72/166/EEC 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 to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(88/369/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 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 to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability (1), as last amended by Directive 84/5/EEC (2), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 22 April 1974 the national insurers' bureaux of the nine Member States concluded in conformity with the principles laid down in Article 7 (2) of Directive 72/166/EEC agreements with the national insurers' bureaux of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic whereby the national insurers' bureaux of the Member States guarantee the settlement of claims in respect of accidents occurring on their territory caused by vehicles normally based in the territory of one of the aforesaid third countries;
Whereas the Commission subsequently adopted Third Commission Decision 75/23/EEC (3) relating to the application of Directive 72/166/EEC, which required each Member State to refrain as from 1 January 1975 from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Hungary, Czechoslovakia or the German Democratic Republic in so far as such vehicles are covered by the terms of the agreements entered into on 22 April 1974 between the respective insurers' bureaux of the Member States and the corresponding bureaux of the said third countries;
Whereas on 14 March 1986 agreements were signed between the national insurers' bureaux of Spain and Portugal and the bureaux of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic;
Whereas on 16 May 1986 the Commission adopted Sixth Commission Decision 86/220/EEC (4) relating to the application of Directive 72/166/EEC, which required, as from 1 June 1986, Spain and Portugal to refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic and which are the subject of the agreements of 22 April 1974;
Whereas on 9 October 1987 agreements were signed between the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Greece and the bureaux of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic;
Whereas, therefore, all the conditions for the removal of checks on insurance against civil liability between Greece and the abovementioned third countries are fulfilled,
As from 1 July 1988 Greece shall refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic and which are the subject of the agreements of 22 April 1974.
Greece shall forthwith inform the Commission of measures taken to apply this Decision.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.