13.12. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 343/25 11 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 27 October 1997 relating to the application of Council Directive 72/166/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability (Text with EEA relevance) (97/828/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and to the en- forcement of the obligation to insure against such liabil- ity (), as last amended by Directive 84/5/EEC (3, and in particular Articles 2 (2) and 7 (3) thereof, Whereas the present relationships between the national insurers’ bureaux of the Member States, Norway, Switzer- land, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Iceland as defined in Article 1 (3) of Directive 72/166/EEC (‘bureaux’), which collectively provide for the practical means to abolish insurance inspection in the case of vehicles normally based in the territories of those coun- tries, are governed by the following agreements supple- mentary to the Uniform Agreement on the Green Card System between national insurers’ bureaux of 2 September 1951 (‘supplementary agreements’) which were concluded: 103, 2. 5. 1972, p. 1. 8, 11. 1. 1984, p. 17. — on 12 December 1973 between the bureaux of the nine Member States and those of Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland and extended on 15 March 1986 to the bureaux of Portugal and Spain and on 9 October 1987 to the bureau of Greece, — on 22 April 1974 between the 14 original signatories of the Supplementary Agreement of 12 December 1973 and the bureau of Hungary, — on 22 April 1974 between the 14 original signatories of the Supplementary Agreement of 12 December 1973 and the bureau of Czechoslovakia, — on 14 March 1986 between the bureau of Greece and those of Czechoslovakia and Hungary; Whereas the Commission subsequently adopted De- cisions 74/166/EEC (°), 74/167/EEC(*), 75/23/EEC (), 86/218/EEC ("), 86/219/EEC (), 86/220/EEC (¥, 88/367/EEC (%), 88/368/EEC (") and 88/369/EEC (*') re- lating to the application of Directive 72/166/EEC re- quiring each Member State to refrain from making checks on insurance against civil liability in respect of vehicles Py 87, 30. 3. 1974, p. 13. 87, 30. 3. 1974, p. 14. 6, 10. 1. 1975, p. 33. 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 52. 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. S3. 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 54. 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 45. 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 46. 181, 12. 7. 1988, p. 47. ASASASASReASAS O — e = Py O, =