22.2.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 62/15

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 25 November 2020 — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. v TC Medical Air Ambulance Agency GmbH

(Case C-633/20)

(2021/C 62/17)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant on a point of law: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.

Respondent in the appeal on a point of law: TC Medical Air Ambulance Agency GmbH

Question referred

Is an undertaking which maintains, as the policyholder, foreign travel medical insurance and insurance covering foreign and domestic repatriation costs as a group insurance policy for its customers with an insurance undertaking, distributes to consumers memberships entitling them to claim insurance benefits in the event of illness or accident abroad and receives a fee from recruited members for the insurance cover purchased an insurance intermediary within the meaning of Article 2(3) and (5) of Directive 2002/92/EC ( 1 ) and Article 2(1)(1), (3) and (8) of Directive (EU) 2016/97? ( 2 )

( 1 ) Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002 on insurance mediation ( OJ 2003 L 9, p. 3 ).

( 2 ) Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (recast) ( OJ 2016 L 26, p. 19 ).