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Article L172-16 of the French Insurance Code

Unless otherwise agreed, the insurer does not cover damage to or loss of the insured property resulting from:

1° Civil or foreign war, mines and all devices of war;

2° Piracy;

3° Capture, seizure or detention by any government or authority whatsoever;

4° Riots, popular movements, strikes and lock-outs, acts of sabotage or terrorism;

5° Claims due to the direct or indirect effects of an explosion, the release of heat, irradiation resulting from the transmutation of atomic nuclei or radioactivity, as well as claims due to the effects of radiation caused by the artificial acceleration of particles.

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Article L172-16

Sauf convention contraire, l’assureur ne couvre pas les dommages et pertes subis par les biens assurés et résultant :


1° De guerre civile ou étrangère, de mines et tous engins de guerre ;


2° De piraterie ;


3° De capture, prise ou détention par tous gouvernements ou autorités quelconques ;


4° D’émeutes, de mouvements populaires, de grèves et de lock-out, d’actes de sabotage ou de terrorisme ;


5° Des sinistres dus aux effets directs ou indirects d’explosion, de dégagement de chaleur, d’irradiation provenant de transmutations de noyaux d’atomes ou de radioactivité, ainsi que les sinistres dus aux effets de radiation provoqués par l’accélération artificielle des particules.

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