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Purpose and legislative effect
“This article defines key terms used in the Protocol, including accident, policy holder, motor vehicle, National Bureau, yellow card, Common Market, and Treaty.”
This article defines key terms used in the Protocol, including accident, policy holder, motor vehicle, National Bureau, yellow card, Common Market, and Treaty. A compulsory third-party motor vehicle insurance scheme is established for vehicles crossing other Member States, and it must provide at least the minimum guarantees required by those Member States’ laws. This article sets up the Yellow Card motor insurance scheme, requires National Bureaux to issue Yellow Cards, and assigns them claim-settlement duties; the Council of Bureaux oversees the scheme’s legal, administrative, and financial operation. Member States must participate in the scheme as principal participants, and qualifying insurers must participate as subsidiary participants. Member States and subsidiary participants have several insurance-related duties, including recognizing Yellow Cards, setting up and supporting a National Bureau, and issuing Yellow Cards to policy holders.
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This article defines key terms used in the Protocol, including accident, policy holder, motor vehicle, National Bureau, yellow card, Common Market, and Treaty.
Section 1
Member States and subsidiary participants have several insurance-related duties, including recognizing Yellow Cards, setting up and supporting a National Bureau, and issuing Yellow Cards to policy holders.
Section 5
Members finance the National Bureau through contributions, and the Bureau sets the amount and payment method when membership is granted.
Section 10
The National Bureau must handle certain claims after an accident, verify the facts, keep the issuing Bureau informed, and cannot pass a claim to interested persons without written consent.
Section 14
The Chairman must convene the Council of Bureaux, and the Council must meet on a set schedule with written agenda items submitted in advance.
Section 17
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In force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · updated 1 Mar 1988
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