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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8981

1 July 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Compensation for victims of road traffic accidents can be limited only under exceptional circumstances

Luxembourg, 30/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Member States are at liberty to set their own civil liability regime to be applied to road traffic accidents, but they can limit compensation to be paid to victims only under exceptional circumstances, the European Court of Justice states in a press release. The "exceptional circumstances" are to be decided upon by the National judge, on the basis of an individual assessment of each dossier. The Finnish Supreme Court asked the European Court of...

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