Translation of "Véhicule automobile non assuré " (French → English) :

The prohibition of systematic checks on motor insurance should apply to vehicles normally based in the territory of another Member State as well as to vehicles normally based in the territory of a third country but entering from the territory of another Member State.

The Commission will continue to monitor motor vehicle distribution agreements and make sure that car manufacturers apply the new rules properly on both the sales and after-sales markets.

(m) "independent repairer" means a provider of repair and maintenance services for motor vehicles not operating within the distribution system set up by the supplier of the motor vehicles for which it provides repair or maintenance.

Those Directives made it compulsory for all motor vehicles in the EU to be covered by third party insurance, and ensured better protection for accident victims.

the Directive would cover cases where compensation is sought in connection with accidents caused by vehicles registered and insured outside the victim's home Member State; victims of such accidents would have a right of direct action, i.e. the right to make a direct claim for compensation to the third-party-liability insurer of the person responsible for the accident; each insurer providing cover for motor-vehicle third-party liability would have to appoint a claims representative in each Member State in which the insurer is not established; if this condition were not met, authorisation to operate in this class of insurance would no ...[+++]t be granted by the home Member State, in accordance with the rules laid down in the third non-life insurance Directive (Directive 92/49/EEC); each Member State would have to establish a penalty system so as to ensure that the compensation procedure is carried out rapidly; each Member State would have to set up an information centre responsible for dealing with questions relating to identification of the insurer of the vehicle involved in the accident and, more generally, any question concerning motor vehicle insurance; each Member State would have to set up a compensation body for "visiting motorists" who are victims of car accidents.

The existing Directives on motor vehicle insurance (72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC and 90/232/EEC) cover road traffic accidents which occur in the victim's home Member State and are caused by vehicles registered and insured in that country or in another Member State.