Exception to the free choice of lawyer
Article 202
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.