TITLE IISPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE
CHAPTER IIProvisions specific to non-life insurance
Section 4Legal expenses insurance
Article 202Exception to the free choice of lawyer
1
Member States may provide for exemption from Article 201(1) for legal expenses insurance if all the following conditions are met:
a
the insurance is limited to cases arising from the use of road vehicles in the territory of the Member State concerned;
b
the insurance is connected to a contract to provide assistance in the event of accident or breakdown involving a road vehicle;
c
neither the legal expenses insurance undertaking nor the assistance insurer carries out any class of liability insurance;
d
measures are taken so that the legal counsel and representation of each of the parties to a dispute is effected by wholly independent lawyers where those parties are insured for legal expenses by the same insurance undertaking.
2
An exemption granted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not affect the application of Article 200.