1. If it is impossible to identify the vehicle or if, within two months of the date of the accident, it is impossible to identify the insurance undertaking, the injured party may apply for compensation from the compensation body in the Member
State where he resides. The compensation shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Articles 9 and 10. The compensation body shall then have a claim, on the conditions laid down in Article 24(2):
(a) where the insurance undertaking cannot be identified: against the guarantee fund in the Member State where the vehicle is normally based;
(b) in the case of an unidentified vehicle: against the guarantee fund in the Member State in which the accident took place;
(c) in the case of a third-country vehicle: against the guarantee fund in the Member State in which the accident took place.
2. This Article shall apply to accidents caused by third-country vehicles covered by Articles 7 and 8.