Judgment_paragraph 49 · Länsförsäkringar Sak Försäkringsaktiebolag and Others v Dödsboet efter Ingvar Mattsson and Länsförsäkringar Sak Försäkringsaktiebolag (C-542/16)

49In that regard, it must be recalled that Directive 2002/92 does not contain any definition of the concept of ‘insurance contract’, nor does it refer expressly to the law of the Member States on that issue. Thus, as dictated by the requirements of both uniform application of EU law and the principle of equality, the scope of the term ‘insurance contract’ must be sought having regard to the context of the directive and must be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union (see, by analogy, judgment of 1 March 2012, González Alonso, C‑166/11, EU:C:2012:119, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited).