territory in which the vehicle is normally based

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27/10/2009 – 23/12/2023 Article 1, Directive 2009/103/EC Scope: Whole act

‘territory in which the vehicle is normally based’ means: the territory of the State of which the vehicle bears a registration plate, irrespective of whether the plate is permanent or temporary; or in cases where no registration is required for a type of vehicle but the vehicle bears an insurance plate, or a distinguishing sign analogous to the registration plate, the territory of the State in which the insurance plate or the sign is issued; or in cases where neither a registration plate nor an insurance plate nor a distinguishing sign is required for certain types of vehicle, the territory of the State in which the person who has custody of the vehicle is permanently resident; or in cases where the vehicle does not bear any registration plate or bears a registration plate which does not correspond or no longer corresponds to the vehicle and has been involved in an accident, the territory of the State in which the accident took place, for the purpose of settling the claim as provided for in the first indent of Article 2(a) or in Article 10;

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