Traduction de «assurance risque routier » (Français → Anglais) :

(1) Whereas in 1949 the Working Party on Road Transport of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations sent to the Governments of Member States a recommendation(1) inviting them to ask insurers covering third party liability risks in respect of the use of vehicles to conclude agreements for the establishment of uniform and practical provisions to enable motorists to be satisfactorily insured when entering countries where insurance against such risks is compulsory.

(1) Whereas in 1949 the Working Party on Road Transport of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations sent to the Governments of Member States a recommendation(1) inviting them to ask insurers covering third party liability risks in respect of the use of vehicles to conclude agreements for the establishment of uniform and practical provisions to enable motorists to be satisfactorily insured when entering countries where insurance against such risks is compulsory.

* Last, but by no means least, collaboration is needed with the European insurance sector to try to find new ways of improving road safety, in particular by spreading the costs of risks associated with accidents causing bodily injuries more fairly, through the adjustment of insurance premiums.

Whereas harmonized requirements must reduce the risk or the severity of injuries which may be suffered by the drivers of motor vehicles and thereby ensure road safety throughout the entire Community;

In addition to providing the harmonisation necessary for the internal market, the objective of the technical harmonisation laid down in the Directive is to reduce the risk or the severity of injuries of which motor vehicle drivers may be victims and thereby ensure road safety throughout the entire Community.

But the problems are building up now and the Commission discussion paper makes a series of suggestions that could be introduced at short notice: - adjusting existing Community legislation on road charges of Heavy Goods Vehicles in order to make progress towards fair and efficient pricing. - electronic kilometre charges based on infrastructure damage and possibly other parameters (HGV) - road tolls in urban areas - differentiated fuel taxes reflecting differences in fuel quality -differentiated vehicle taxes linked to a vehicle's environmental/noise characteristics (noisy, polluting vehicle pay more - the consumer can choose to drive a cleaner, quieter v ...[+++]ehicle) - insurance systems that cover all accident costs and link risk and mileage to premiums paid by individual users, - the provision of information on the safety performance of vehicles.