Translation of "assurance obligatoire de responsabilité " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 465 Ms. Elizabeth May: With regard to the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act enacted as part of Bill C-22, with particular reference to the government's decision to increase the absolute liability amount and mandatory insurance coverage for nuclear operators to $1 billion: (a) has the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asked Ontario Power Generation whether removing the cap on operator liability, while maintaining the level of absolute liability and mandatory insurance coverage required under the Act at $1 billion, would increase its generation costs and, if so, what were the details of the response, i ...[+++]ncluding the estimated increased cost-per-kWh; (b) has the DNR asked Bruce Power whether removing the cap on operator liability, while maintaining the level of absolute liability and mandatory insurance coverage required under the Act at $1 billion, would increase its generation costs and, if so, what were the details of the response, including the estimated increased cost-per-kWh; (c) has the DNR asked New Brunswick Power whether removing the cap on operator liability, while maintaining the level of absolute liability and mandatory insurance coverage, would increase its generation costs and, if so, what were the details of the response, including the estimated increased cost-per-kWh; (d) in the scenario in which the limit on reactor liability is removed while the mandatory insurance coverage and absolute liability of the operator remain at $1 billion, what is the DNR's estimate of the impacts that removing the cap on liability would have on provincial electricity rates, (i) what additional impacts would there be if the mandatory insurance coverage and absolute liability of the operator were increased to $1.5 billion, all other things being equal, (ii) what would the additional impacts be if the mandatory insurance coverage and absolute liability of the operator were increased to $2 billion, all other things being equal; (e) does ...

To address the Commission’s concerns, Talanx has committed to divest the pharmaceutical liability business of its subsidiary HDI as far as it concerns insurance for German companies outside the obligatory product liability insurance.

It has been agreed that the European Commission will review this matter in a report six years after the entry into force of the Directive, considering the following aspects: a gradual approach in developing possible mandatory financial security, a ceiling for liability and the exclusion of low risk activities from mandatory insuring.

In the particular case of car insurance, where recent studies have revealed that considerable price differences persist between national markets, there are still substantial differences between national legislation on compulsory third party motor insurance as regards the levels of compensation to victims and the civil liability regime.

The First Council Directive 72/166/CEE on motor vehicle insurance established the basic principles for ensuring the free movement of motor vehicles, viz. the abolition of frontier checks on insurance and compulsory insurance against civil liability for motor vehicles in the EU.

Compulsory insurance against civil liability in principle covers personal injuries and damage to property.