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PRELIMINARY RULINGS - JURISDICTION OF THE COURT - ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS - AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATIONAL INSURANCE BUREAUX PROVIDED FOR BY THE DIRECTIVE ON INSURANCE AGAINST CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES - NOT INCLUDED

( EEC TREATY, ART . 177; COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 72/166 )

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THE COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE TREATY TO INTERPRET AN AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BY NATIONAL INSURANCE BUREAUX, EVEN THOUGH SUCH AN AGREEMENT WAS PROVIDED FOR BY DIRECTIVE 72/166 ON INSURANCE AGAINST CIVIL LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES . THE PART PLAYED BY THE AGREEMENT IN QUESTION IN THE SYSTEM INTRODUCED BY THE DIRECTIVE DOES NOT ALTER ITS NATURE AS A MEASURE ADOPTED BY PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CONCLUSION OF WHICH NO COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TOOK PART .