Court of Justice 5 October 2006, C-356/05 (Elaine Farrell v Alan Whitty, Minister for the Environment, Ireland, Attorney General and Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI).)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In these preliminary ruling proceedings the Court is led to answer the question whether, in relation to compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, a person is to be regarded as a ‘passenger’, within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 90/232/EEC, (2) if she