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2015/2087(INL) Limitation periods for traffic accidents
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Lead committee dossier: JURI/8/03333
Legal Basis RoP 046
Next event: Debate in plenary scheduled 2017/07/05 more...
- Vote in plenary scheduled 2017/07/06
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Lead | JURI | SVOBODA Pavel (EPP) | DELVAUX Mady (S&D), DZHAMBAZKI Angel (ECR), CAVADA Jean-Marie (ALDE), MAŠTÁLKA Jiří (GUE/NGL), ANDERSSON Max (Verts/ALE) |
Legal Basis RoP 046
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2015/2087(INL)
2017/04/18
JURI
16 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas in the Union, limitation rules on claims for damages vary widely between the Member States, so that no two Member States operate exactly the same basic rules of limitation; whereas also the relevant limitation is determined on the basis of various factors, including whether there are related criminal proceedings and whether the claim is considered tortious or contractual;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to ensure
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Also calls on the Commission to
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Annex I – part A – point 1 1. In the European Union, enforcement of law before courts remains largely the matter of national procedural rules and practice. National courts are also Union courts. It is therefore for the proceedings before them to ensure fairness, justice and efficiency as well as effective application of Union law, guaranteeing that European citizens’ rights are protected throughout the European Union.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Annex I – part B – recital 5 (5) The requirement of legal certainty and the need to do justice in individual cases are essential elements of an area of justice. Common limitation periods increasing legal certainty, ensuring that disputes are ended and contributing to an effective enforcement regime are therefore necessary to guarantee the application of that principle.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Annex I – part B – recital 10 (10) In the field of road traffic accidents, it can be very difficult for a visiting victim to get basic information about the accident from the foreign jurisdiction within a relatively short time, such as the identity of the defendant and liabilities potentially involved. It may also take considerable time to identify which claims representative or insurer should deal with the case, to collect evidence about the accident and to have any necessary documents translated.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Annex I – part B – recital 11 (11) It is not uncommon in cross-border road traffic cases for the claimant to be very close to the expiration of a time limit before negotiations can be started with the defendant. This happens most often when the overall time limit is particularly short or when there is ambiguity about the way in which the limitation period can be suspended or interrupted. The gathering of information about an accident, which occurred in a country foreign to the claimant can take considerable time. Therefore, the running of the general time limit established in the Directive should be suspended as soon as a claim is made to the insurer or the compensation body, to allow the claimant an opportunity to negotiate the settlement of the claim.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Annex I – part B – recital 14 (14) This Directive seeks to promote the fundamental rights, and takes into account the principles
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas national limitation systems are thus highly complex and it can often be challenging to understand which is the applicable overall limitation, when and how limitations begin to run and how these are suspended, interrupted or extended;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas unfamiliarity with foreign rules of limitation can lead to the loss of the right to make an otherwise valid claim, or to obstacles for the victims with regard to accessing justice, in the form of additional costs and delays;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in the area of cross-border traffic accidents, the only cause of action already harmonised at Union level is the one established in Article 18 of the Motor Insurance Directive, enabling victims to seek compensation in their own country of residence by way of a claim for compensation brought directly against a relevant insurance undertaking or against a relevant compensation body against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles10; __________________ 10See also: judgment of 13 December 2007, FBTO Schadeverzekeringen NV v Jack Odenbreit, C-463/06, ECLI:EU:C:2007:792.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas limitation periods for claims are essential to ensuring legal certainty and the finality of disputes; whereas, however, the defendant’s rights to legal certainty and finality of disputes should be balanced with the claimant’s fundamental rights to access to justice and to an effective remedy, and unnecessarily short limitation periods could obstruct effective access to justice across the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas, given the current divergences in relation to limitation rules and the types of problems that are directly related to the disparate national provisions governing trans-national personal injury and damage to property cases, a certain level of harmonisation
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes however, that the continued existence in the Union of two parallel regimes governing the law applicable in traffic accident cases depending on the country where the claim is brought, namely either the 1971 Hague Traffic Accident Convention or the Rome II Regulation, which combined with the choice of forum possibilities under the Brussels I recast Regulation, creates legal uncertainty and complexity as well as potential opportunities for inappropriate forum shopping; stresses that the weaker party should always be protected by more favourable jurisdiction rules;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4а. Notes that the existence of common minimum rules in respect of limitation periods in cross-border disputes is essential to ensuring that effective legal means are available for the protection of victims of cross-border road traffic accidents and to guaranteeing legal certainty;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5а. Highlights that the significant difference between Member States’ rules in respect of limitation periods for cross- border road traffic accidents creates further obstacles for victims when filing claims for compensation for personal injury and damage to property suffered in Member States other than their own;
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