23In that regard, it should be noted, initially, that the preambles to the First and Second Directives show that their aim is, first, to ensure the free movement of vehicles normally based on European Union territory and of persons travelling in those vehicles and, second, to guarantee that the victims of accidents caused by those vehicles receive comparable treatment irrespective of where in the European Union the accident occurred (Case C-129/94 Ruiz Bernáldez [1996] ECR I-1829, paragraph 13; Case C-348/98 Mendes Ferreira and Delgado Correia Ferreira [2000] ECR I-6711, paragraph 24; and Case C-484/09 Carvalho Ferreira Santos [2011] ECR I-1821, paragraph 24).
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