37Directive 2004/80 must be dismissed at the outset as irrelevant to this case. As is apparent from Article 1 thereof, the directive is intended to facilitate access to compensation by victims of violent intentional crime in cross-border situations, whereas it is not disputed that the proceedings before the referring court concern offences committed as a result of negligence and, what is more, in a purely national context.
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