45It is clear from the foregoing considerations that Directive 2004/80 establishes a system to facilitate access for victims of crimes to compensation in cross-border situations, which system is to operate on the basis of Member States’ schemes on compensation for victims of violent intentional crime committed in their respective territories. Consequently, Article 12(2) of that directive must be interpreted as meaning that it is intended to guarantee to Union citizens the right to fair and appropriate compensation for the injuries they suffer on the territory of the Member State in which they find themselves in exercising their right to free movement, by requiring each Member State to introduce a compensation scheme for victims of any violent intentional crime committed on its territory.
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