Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-142"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.8.1-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Diana Wallis2
lpv:spoken text	"I would like to start also by congratulating the rapporteur on this report. A motor vehicle accident in any circumstances can be traumatic, all the more so if it involves personal injuries. If we add to that an international dimension where the victims find themselves in a foreign country, the problems may be multiplied: differences in language, procedure, inability to identify or trace the third party, let alone deal with insurers. The mere identification of the third parties is often lengthy and time-consuming. Once the insurers are in touch, matters are often settled by negotiation. This directive would be a welcome step in ensuring that the respective foreign insurers get in contact quickly and the proposals for settlement are promptly forthcoming. So far, so good. But our rapporteur wants to go one small step further and I feel, as others have already said, that we should support him. This relates to accidents in third countries. Let me spend a moment to share with you a case I had in private practice as a lawyer before I was elected to this Parliament. It concerned a German national who had an accident in Turkey, caused by a UK national. That claim was being negotiated by insurers in two Member States, and if it had been litigated, it would have been litigated in the UK, probably according to UK law. So tell me where the problem is. This is what happens in practice. There really is not a difficulty with including the small further step which the rapporteur is asking for. The difficulties that have been thrown up can be overcome if there is a will to do so. Lastly, I would just like to say one small thing on the question of damages. I hope that we will come back to this in the future. The measures or the methods of calculating damages across the European Union differ vastly. We would do our citizens a great service if we could move towards harmonising this area as well."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wallis (ELDR )."1

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