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Fidelidade-Companhia de Seguros SA v Caisse Suisse de Compensation and Others (C-287/16)
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Consideration of the question referred
31

Fidelidade-Companhia de Seguros SA v Caisse Suisse de Compensation and Others (C-287/16)

Judgment of 20 Jul 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-287-16/para_31@2026-11-10

31It must be noted that such a question is concerned with the legal conditions of validity of the insurance contract, which are governed not by EU law but by the laws of the Member States.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Sixth Chamber
Case: C-287/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:575
Decided: 20 Jul 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Supreme Court, Portugal)
Applicant: Fidelidade-Companhia de Seguros SA
Defendants: Caisse Suisse de Compensation; Fundo de Garantia Automóvel and 5 more
Sandra Cristina Crystello Pinto Moreira Pereira; Sandra Manuela Teixeira Gomes Seemann; Catarina Ferreira Seemann; José Batista Pereira; Teresa Rosa Teixeira
Rapporteur: A. Arabadjiev
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 3 judges
E. Regan, A. Arabadjiev, C.G. Fernlund
Language: Portuguese
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0287

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Interprets 2: Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability; Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC of 30 December 1983 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles
Cited by 1: Mutuelle assurance des travailleurs mutualistes (Matmut) v TN and Others (C-236/23)3 provisions
Cites 6: Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC of 30 December 1983 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles; Vítor Hugo Marques Almeida v Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade-Mundial SA and Others (C-300/10); Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability; Gábor Csonka and Others v Magyar Állam (C-409/11); Churchill Insurance Company Limited v Benjamin Wilkinson and Tracy Evans v Equity Claims Limited (C-442/10); Third Council Directive 90/232/EEC of 14 May 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles