Green Card

The Green Card Certificate is an international card for motor insurance, issued by the National Bureau, under the provisions of Recommendation No. 5, adopted by the Principal Working Party on Road Transport of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations, on the 25th January, 1949.

The international Green Card Certificate is officially recognized by the governments of the 45 member countries and serves as an evidence of a compulsory third-party liability insurance policy while using a motor vehicle in a foreign country.

The Green Card Certificate is a compulsory international motor insurance card when visiting countries of the Green card system, which are not members of the EEC, and namely:

Important!

Косово is not a member of the Green Card system. Motorists of Kosovar vehicles wishing to cross the borders are likely to be requested to conclude frontier insurance. Motorists of Bulgarian vehicles, wishing to enter Kosovo, have to obtain a valid for the territory of Kosovo Third Party Liability Insurance at the Border Crossing Point.

Since January 1st , 2009 Russia has become a member of the Council of Bureaux. In this regard, a revised Green Card format is being introduced as of 1st of January 2009. The new format contains a box with the country code “RUS” as well as the Bureau’s contact details. The current Green Card format will remain applicable for a transitional period from 1st of January 2009 to 31st of December 2010; however, it shall not be valid for the territory of Russia. As from 1st of January 2011, only the new Green Card format will have to apply.

The Green card certificate is green in color and contains the following obligatory sections:

• Paragraph 1 – International Motor Insurance Card
• Paragraph 2 – The national Bureau under which authority same card is issued
  
• Paragraph 3 – Date and hour of validity
• Paragraph 4 – International letters of the country where the Bureau issuing the certificate is based, the code number of the insurance company that issues the card and the serial number of the Green Card
• Paragraph 5 – Registration plate number of the vehicle or the chassis number
• Paragraph 6 – Type and make of the motor vehicle
• Paragraph containing a table of the initial letters of the countries of the Green Card system.

Important!

The Green Card Certificate is valid in the countries for which the relevant box is not crossed out.

• Paragraph 7 – Name of the insured owner of the vehicle or its driver
• Paragraph 8 – Trade name and address of the insurance company that issued the Green Card
• Paragraph 9 – Signature of the representative of the insurance company and stamp of the Company