The Mediation Committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat announced that compulsory insurance for mini garden tractors and similar vehicles should be abolished. The insurers and several CDU-led states had sharply criticized the previously planned compulsory insurance because of additional bureaucracy.
Instead of compulsory insurance, traffic victim assistance should now cover any damage that occurs when these mini-vehicles are used. The Federal Council also warned of contract changes, workload and costs, “particularly for agricultural businesses’ The EU directive, which is intended to be implemented into national law, expressly allows this exception option.