30. Calls on the Commission to propose a system, based on the principle of territoriality, of mutual assistance between Member States to give cross-border victims access to compensation which gives the victim the right to obtain assistance from a competent authority in his Member State of residence when a claim for compensation has to be submitted in another Member State;

31. Calls for this mutual assistance system to be supplemented by a list of competent issuing and receiving authorities in each Member State, accompanied by information as to how claims should be submitted in accordance with the relevant national provisions; considers that both this list and the harmonised compensation claims forms should be available on the Internet;

32. Calls on the Commission to propose a system, based on the principle of territoriality, of mutual assistance between Member States to give cross-border victims access to compensation which gives the victim the right to obtain assistance from a competent authority in his Member State of residence when a claim for compensation has to be submitted in another Member State;

6. Calls on the Commission to propose a system, based on the principle of territoriality, of mutual assistance between Member States to give cross-border victims access to compensation which gives the victim the right to obtain assistance from a competent authority in his Member State of residence when a claim for compensation has to be submitted in another Member State;

(28) Whereas, even though Member States may provide that the claim against the compensation body may be subsidiary, the injured person may not be obliged to present his claim to the person responsible for the accident before presenting it to the compensation body; whereas in this case the injured party should be in at least the same position as in the case of a claim against the guarantee fund under Article 1(4) of Directive 84/5/EEC ;

the Directive would cover cases where compensation is sought in connection with accidents caused by vehicles registered and insured outside the victim's home Member State; victims of such accidents would have a right of direct action, i.e. the right to make a direct claim for compensation to the third-party-liability insurer of the person responsible for the accident; each insurer providing cover for motor-vehicle third-party liability would have to appoint a claims representative in each Member State in which the insurer is not established; if this condition were not met, authorisation to operate in this class of insurance would not be granted by the home Member State, in accordance with the rules laid down in the third non-life insur ...[+++]ance Directive (Directive 92/49/EEC); each Member State would have to establish a penalty system so as to ensure that the compensation procedure is carried out rapidly; each Member State would have to set up an information centre responsible for dealing with questions relating to identification of the insurer of the vehicle involved in the accident and, more generally, any question concerning motor vehicle insurance; each Member State would have to set up a compensation body for "visiting motorists" who are victims of car accidents.