IMPORTANT! If you decide to purchase additional protection or insurance from an external supplier, you will still have to pay if the Vehicle is stolen or damaged. To do this, you must follow the steps described below:
- Pay in full to Avis the amounts due for the damage or theft of the Vehicle up to the maximum liability agreed with Avis.
- Submit a claim for compensation to your external supplier. It is your responsibility to make sure you understand the terms of any cover you buy from an external provider and for any claim you make. Unfortunately, we are unable to help you with your claim.
Avis global insurance coverages are always subject to change. Please verify at time of rental.
Optional protection services in case of car accident – CDW (Collision Damage Waiver)
Protection
If you choose the CDW option, this will reduce the financial responsibility of the renter, regardless of blame, to the minimum mandatory limit for damaging or losing the rental car or its accessories or car parts, except for car theft or vandalizing. Purchase of CDW reduces liability amount
Fee between 13.18-29.27 EUR per day
CDW conditions
This optional protection services must be chosen at the beginning of the rental period and stipulated in the Car Rental Agreement.
Not applicable
Regardless of whether you opt for a CDW or not, the titleholder of the agreement is liable for the entire costs of the damage if the damage was caused by:
- The vehicle is powered by a different type of fuel than the one it uses. A flat fee/penalty of 1800.00 EUR will be applied to the rental contract for the replacement of all parts affected by misfuelling (e.g. injectors, exhaust gas catalyst, particulate filter, fuel filters, tank cleaning, fuel system cleaning, etc.).
- The clutch assembly is damaged due to improper use.
- The vehicle is damaged or wreked in circumstances other than a traffic accident as defined by law, i.e. in situations such as extreme weather events, falling bodies from a height, falling snow or snowdrifts, fires, floods, avalanches, vandalism, acts of terrorism, etc.
- Damage to the engine, wheels (tyres, rims, wheel covers), the interior of the Vehicle as well as the underbody of the Vehicle.
- Damage resulting from theft or attempted theft from vehicle or or auto parts/complementary equipment (child seat etc) or personal belongings from the Vehicle.
- Theft or loss of the Vehicle's key or documents.
- Theft, loss or damage to the Vehicle's registration plates.
- Theft, loss or damage to the Vehicle's equipment and accessories.
- Damages to the glazed surfaces (side windows, rear window etc.)
- Damage to the panoramic roof and rear-view mirrors.
- Windscreen damage, unless you have opted for the additional LI protection product (reduction of financial liability for damage to the windscreen of the vehicle as a result of road events)
If the Vehicle is driven by a driver who has not been authorized by Avis (a person other than the one mentioned in the Rental Agreement) and there is damage, the entire damage or any damage caused to a third party is borne by the Titleholder (up to the full price of the Vehicle, regardless of the type of protection purchased at the signing of the contract). The additional protection service - CDW is not valid outside Romania, without the consent from the car rental office to leave the country. Insurance covering driving the car outside Romanian borders is subject to special conditions and fees.
Optional protection services in case of car theft – TPC (Theft Protection Coverage)
If you choose to buy a TPC, you reduce the level of the maximum financial liability you will have if the car is stolen. However, you are liable for the damage within the liability stipulated in your Car Rental Agreement. Purchase of TPC reduces liability to an amount between EUR 892.50 and EUR 2,380.00.
Avis shall reimburse the invoiced amount if the liability of a third party is clearly proved.
TPC conditions
This optional protection service must be chosen at the beginning of the rental period and stipulated in the Car Rental Agreement. If the car is stolen, you must submit a complaint to the responsible authorities and notify the nearest Avis agency, no later than 4 hours after you have discovered the theft, and also provide the agency with the proof that you have submitted a complaint and hand in the keys and documents of the car. If the car key and/or the car documents have also been stolen, you must also mention this fact when you submit the complaint.
The TPC additional protection service is not valid outside Romania, without the driver having obtained the consent to leave the country from the car rental office. Insurance covering driving the car outside Romanian borders is subject to special conditions and fees.Fee between 13.18-29.27 EUR per day
Protection in case of accident and theft - SCDW (SuperCover)
Protection
If you choose to buy a SCDW you will not be liable for any financial payment if the car is damaged or stolen.
This additional supplementary protection service must be completed at the beginning of the rental and indicated in the Lease Agreement. SCDW can only be contracted as a supplement to CDW and TPC.
Exclusions
Damage caused to the windshield is not covered by the SCDW. However, the damage caused to the panoramic sunroof and rear-view mirrors are covered by the SCDW. The SCDW additional protection service is not valid outside Romania, without the consent from the car rental office to leave the country. Insurance covering driving the car outside Romanian borders is subject to special conditions and fees.
Regardless of whether you opt for a SCDW or not, the titleholder of the agreement is liable for the entire costs of the damage if the damage was caused by any of the situations mentioned above at section Optional protection services in case of car accident (CDW: Collision Damage Waiver), Not applicable.
Road safety net (RSN)
Protection
If you choose a Road Safety Net you will not be liable for any expenses with 24/7 car technical assistance if the car becomes unusable due to:
- loss of car keys;
- car was locked with the car keys inside;
- dead battery due to wrong use;
- wrong fuel use;
- damaged tires.
If the RSN additional service was not purchased, following a case of immobilization presented above, an intervention fee of 50 EUR will be applied, if the immobilized vehicle is within the following cities: Bucharest, Sibiu, Timisoara, Iasi or Cluj-Napoca, namely 180 EUR in all other cases. RSN is only valid within Romanian borders.
Exclusions
Road Safety Net does not reduce your financial liability regarding the consequences caused by the car becoming unusable, or the costs of repairs, damage and/or car theft, which you will still be liable for. Road Safety Net does not apply if the car becomes unusable off public roads. EUR 4.50 per day.
Windshield protection (LI)
LI protection: in case of damage to the windscreen (scratches, chipping, breakage) as a result of a road accident, reduction of the financial liability to zero. Between 6.50-100.00 EUR per day depending on car group.
LI Application Conditions: This additional protection product must be taken out at the beginning of the rental and indicated in the Rental Agreement.
Exclusions: LI does not reduce your financial liability in respect of other damage to the Vehicle (in particular the panoramic roof and rear-view mirrors) or theft of the Vehicle, for which you are liable in any event. LI does not apply: (i) in the case of damage to the windscreen caused off public roads and/or other situations which are not the direct result of driving under normal conditions on a public road (e.g. damage to the windscreen during stopping or parking, hail, falling bodies from a height, avalanches, fire, vandalism, etc.); (ii) if the damage resulted from a traffic accident caused by the sole fault of the driver of the Vehicle.