The precondition for compensation of damages sustained by Montenegro citizens are that the driver of vehicle bearing foreign registration plates is liable for causing the accident and that he/she is in possession of a valid green card. In order to exercise your right to compensation more efficiently, you should ask the driver of a vehicle bearing foreign registration plates to give you a copy of his/her Green Card. If a driver does not have a copy, make sure to write down all necessary information of identification document and Green Card and especially the following:
- Be sure to enter the entire number of the green card, that is, Country (international designation for the country from which the vehicle comes)/Insurer (numerical code) / Number (number of the green card);
- validity period of the Green Card;
- name of the Insurer issuing the Green Card;
- if you are not able to do so it is crucial to copy Green Card presented by other participant or photograph it with your mobile phone.
The above mentioned recommendations will assist you to compensate your claim as efficiently and quickly as possible.
In case a vehicle bearing foreign registration plates had border insurance policy issued by local insurance company, the claim should be submitted to that insurance company.