To streamline car travel, by removing the need to purchase a separate insurance policy in each country visited, and at the same time make it possible to claim compensation for damage caused by the driver of a car registered abroad, the so-called Green Card system was created. Countries that have joined the system mutually recognise the International Insurance Certificate (the so-called Green Card) as an insurance document in accordance with their domestic law.
List of countries that have joined the Green Card system:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Moldavia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, United Kingdom, Italy.
Multilateral agreement
An increasing number of countries in the Green Card system do not even require this certificate. Drivers driving in countries whose national bureaus have signed the Multilateral Agreement are not required to have an International Certificate of Insurance (Green Card) if they have insurance in a country whose national bureau has joined the agreement. The Polish National Bureau is a signatory to this agreement.
List of countries whose national bureaus have joined the Multilateral Agreement:
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom, Italy.
For more information on the Green Card system.
Cross-border insurance
This is a third-party insurance contract, required when the holder of a car registered abroad enters Poland and does not have a valid Green Card Certificate (unless it is not required as a result of the national bureau of the country of registration joining the Multilateral Agreement). In Poland, such an agreement is concluded for a minimum of 30 days.
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