(19)In addition to those sanctions, it is appropriate to provide that interest should be payable on the amount of compensation offered by the insurance undertaking or awarded by the court to the injured party when the offer has not been made within the said prescribed time-limit; if Member States have existing national rules which cover the requirement for late-payment interest this provision could be implemented by a reference to those rules.
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New version applies from 27/10/2009 — introduced by Directive 2009/103/EC.
47 provisions change.
Recital 19 is deleted from 27/10/2009.