Motor Insurance: civil liability, fourth directive (amend. direct. 73/239/EEC, 88/357/EEC, 92/49/EEC)

1997/0264(COD)
In adopting the report by Mr Willi ROTHLEY (PSE, D) Parliament amended the Commission proposal by calling in particular for an extension of the scope of the directive to non-member countries of the Union and the extension of the task of the information centres, which would be required to keep registers of registered vehicles, insurance companies, the numbers of insurance policies and the names and addresses of insurance holders. Parliament also provided for Member States to be required to create a compensation body which had to take action within two months of the request for compensation in cases where the representative had not taken action and to establish a series of deadlines to ensure that rapid compensation was received by the victims of accidents. �