1. Green Card System Basic rules Mariusz W. Wichtowski Baku 4.07.12

2. Key terms Protection Trust Uninsured driving Monitoring Financial Guarantee Criteria Fraud

3. Do we remember? Paradox with consequences Recomendation No 5 1949

4. Council of Bureaux Non political organization Technical aspects only Since 1 January 1953 Facilitator of international road traffic and victim’s protection

5. Objectives Free flow of cross border traffic Guarantee to victims

6. Some statistics Members of the GC System46 Multilateral Agreement33 GC basis13

8. Some statistics Population of Europe750 million No of vehilcles350 million EU yearly died 50.000 EU yearly injured 150.000

9. Green Card Claims 2010381.353 2009345.746 2005342.963 2000337.361 1999291.730

10. Green Card Claims

11. over 1,7 billion Euro/ year

12. Mutual trust Basis of the GC System Pay – Cry – Dispute Close cooperation Stress on insurers Consequence – on all market

13. How to become a member? National Bureau MTPL law Financial guaranties Undertaking to UN

14. How to become a member? Transitional member Period 10 years Financial guaranties Monitoring

15. Important bodies Bureaux Agents Correspondents

16. Competence of the Bureau Handling Bureau: Claims settlement in the country where accident happened According to legal system of that country Independent of position of the guaranteeing Bureau Guaranting Bureau: Reimbursement of outlays Guarantee function

17. Financial aspects Sufficient financing Difference of the economic level in individual regions Law of the country of accident determines minimum amounts insured and compensation

18. Financial aspects Selby Train Crash (UK) Damage: about 50 million Euro / 10 persons killed Herborn (D): Damage: about 8 million Euro Mont-Blanc Tunnel (FR) Damage: about 464 million Euro / 39 persons killed Gotthard-Tunnel (CH) Damage: about 14 million Euro / 11 persons killed

19. Mutual trust Basis of the GC System Pay – Cry – Dispute Close cooperation Stress on insurers Consequence – on all market

20. Monitoring Subjects of the monitoring: ►new applicants ►transitional members ►full members

21. Forms of Monitoring ►monitoring ►preparing of the Financial Criteria ►checking of the financial standing ►assistance ►dealing with complains ► reporting to the Man Com

22. Financial Guarantees Criteria Why we need it? Applicability of the Criteria Period of validity

23. Financial Guarantees Criteria For CoB members only Type of financial guarantees Standard of the security Bank guarantee Reisurance program

24. Sanctions ► obligatory monitoring ►financial guarantees ►financial penalties ►temporary suspention ►termination of membership

25. What about scope? Do we know where are the borders of Europe? and What means border in our days?

26. Are we all protected? We all? At the same level? Are we statisfied with existing level of the protection?

27. Aims for the future Equal rights for the road users Real guaranties for victims One aim different methods Any common solution?

28. Thank you very much for your kind attention