As from 1 August 2007, Member States shall refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Bulgaria and Romania and which are subject to Addendum No 3 of 8 March 2007 to the Multilateral Agreement between the national insurers’ bureaux of the Member States of the European Economic Area and other associate States.

The three orders of government should contribute one-third of the costs related to preparedness.

Mr. Weldon Newton: Going back to your original question, some of our concerns with Cartegena protocol are certainly the issue of liability costs, where they go, how you approve them, the sampling methods, and the documentation.

As from 1 January 2006, Member States shall refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles which are normally based in the territory of Andorra and which are subject to Addendum No 2 of 26 May 2005 to the Multilateral Agreement between the national insurers’ bureaux of the Member States of the European Economic Area and other associate States.

(i) transportation/travel (excluding "per diem" costs) within the operations area of HQs: expenditure related to vehicle transportation and other travel by other means and freight costs, including travel by national augmentees and visitors; incremental costs of fuel over and above what normal operations would have cost; lease of additional vehicles; costs of official journeys between the operational location and Brussels and/or EU-organised meetings; third-party insurance costs imposed by some countries upon international organisations conducting operations on their territory;

Mr. Groia and Mr. Caylor, do you think that the good intentions of the restitution provision in this legislation will trump civil litigation because the victim will not have to incur the civil costs of an action, but will go directly to the criminal court to get the restitution order, and it will be quick?