Judgment_paragraph 35 · Powiat Ostrowski v Ubezpieczeniowy Fundusz Gwarancyjny (C-383/19)

35It should be noted as a preliminary point, first, that by its two questions, which it is appropriate to examine together, the referring court asks the Court, in essence, about the scope of the insurance obligation laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Directive 2009/103. Directive 2009/103, as is apparent from recital 1 thereof, codified the earlier directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability, without amending their substance. The case-law relating to those earlier directives can therefore be applied to the interpretation of the equivalent provisions of Directive 2009/103.