Parking and the period of immobilisation are natural and necessary steps that are an integral part of the use of a vehicle as a means of transport, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a judgment delivered on Thursday 20 June (Case C-100/18).
In 2013, a vehicle that had not been on the road for more than 24 hours, parked in a private garage in a building, caught fire and caused damage. The fire originated in the vehicle's electrical system.
In this case, the building insurer...