The deadline for making this transposition ended on December 23, 2023
This Thursday, the European Commission gave Portugal and five other countries two months to fully transpose the European Union (EU) directive on car insurance into national legislation, threatening to go to court.
In the package of infractions in the month of November, the community executive then indicates that it decided to send reasoned opinions to Portugal, as well as Bulgaria, Spain, Latvia, Malta and Romania, because these Member States “failed to notify the Commission of the complete transposition of the amended directive on motor insurance into national law”.
The deadline to carry out this transposition, from community law to national law, ended on December 23, 2023 and, on January 25 of this year, the European Commission sent a notification letter to these Member States, without receiving a response satisfactory.
Because this new deadline was not respected, the community executive insisted again today, saying that Bulgaria, Spain, Latvia, Malta, Portugal and Romania now have two months to respond and adopt the necessary measures.
“Otherwise, the Commission may decide to refer the cases to the Court of Justice of the European Union”, says Brussels.
The car insurance directive aims to reinforce the protection of victims of road accidents across the EU, and the amendment now in question clarifies the scope of that protection, facilitates the control of compulsory car insurance and creates a compensation mechanism for victims in the event of insolvency of the responsible insurer.
Furthermore, it makes it easier for policyholders to change insurers, ensuring equal and non-discriminatory treatment of claims claims.
