Article 27. Rights of the Bureau

1. When performing the functions assigned to it, the Bureau shall have the right to:

1) have bank accounts in accordance with the procedure established by the law;

2) conclude agreements and assume commitments;

3) manage, use and dispose of its property and funds;

4) establish branches and representative offices;

5) receive, free-of-charge, any information, including personal data, from state and municipal institutions and establishments as well as from other legal and natural persons, and store this information as necessary for discharging its functions prescribed in legal acts;

6) process personal data and provide information, including personal data, to third persons who have legitimate interest in being so informed, as necessary to ensure the proper functioning of compulsory insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles;

7) exchange information with the national insurers’ bureaux of other states as necessary to implement the legal acts regulating the Green Card system and to fulfil commitments arising from agreements with the national insurers’ bureaux of other states;

8) make proposals to state institutions regarding the drafting and improvement of legal acts;

9) recover the compensation paid in accordance with the procedure established in legal acts;

10) assign other persons to handle the claims falling within the scope of the Bureau’s competence and to pay compensation, defray the cost of administration of such damages and sign agreements necessary for the implementation of this right;

11) handle the claims caused by the users of motor vehicles, pay compensation and sign agreements necessary for the implementation of this right;

12) establish the procedure for handling the claims falling within the scope of the Bureau’s competence and for the payment of compensation, unless such a procedure is established in other legal acts;

13) join international organisations and participate in their activities;

14) use the data stored in state registers and databases;

15) sign agreements with the national insurers’ bureaux of other states as necessary to perform its functions.

2. The Bureau may have additional rights to those established in this Law, the Bureau’s Statutes and other legal acts.