Without prejudice to the legislation of third countries on civil liability and private international law, this Directive shall also apply to injured parties resident in a Member State and entitled to compensation in respect of any loss or injury resulting from accidents occurring in third countries whose national insurer's bureaux as defined in Article 1(3) of Directive 72/166/EEC have joined the Green Card system whenever such accidents are caused by the use of vehicles insured and normally based in a Member State.
Brez vpliva na zakonodajo tretjih držav, ki se nanaša na civilno odgovornost, in brez vpliva na mednarodno zasebno pravo ta direktiva velja tudi za oškodovance s stalnim prebivališčem v državi članici, ki so upravičeni do odškodnine za vsako materialno škodo ali telesno poškodbo, nastalo v nesreči, ki se je pripetila v tretji državi, katere nacionalni zavarovalni biro, opredeljen v členu 1(3) Direktive 72/166/EGS, se je vključil v sistem zelene karte, in sicer v primerih, ko je takšno nesrečo povzročilo vozilo, ki je zavarovano v državi članici in je običajno v tej državi članici.