In the zones and sectors, as defined in article L. 515-16 of the Environment Code, delimited by a technological risk prevention plan approved under the conditions provided for in article L. 515-22 of the same code, the obligation set out in the first paragraph of article L. 128-2 of this code is not binding on insurance undertakings in respect of the assets mentioned in the same article, with the exception, however, of assets existing prior to the publication of this plan.
This obligation is also not imposed on insurance undertakings in respect of property built in breach of the administrative rules in force at the time they were put in place and intended to prevent damage caused by a technological disaster.
However, insurance undertakings may only evade this obligation at the time of the initial conclusion or renewal of the contract.