GREECE TAKEN TO COURT FOR FAILING TO GUARANTEE MOTOR INSURANCE

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FOREIGN European Union (EU) drivers in an accident in Greece are insufficiently protected by Greek insurance laws, the European Commission has concluded. It is taking Greece to the European Court of Justice, to force it to enact the EU's fifth motor insurance directive which guarantees policy holder rights and improves the protection of accident victims.

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