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Article L211-20 of the French Insurance Code

When the insurer invokes a legal or contractual guarantee exception, it is obliged to comply with the provisions of articles L. 211-9 to L. 211-17 on behalf of whom it may concern; the settlement reached may be contested before the court by the person on whose behalf it was made, without the amount of the sums awarded to the victim or his beneficiaries being called into question.

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Article L211-20

Lorsque l’assureur invoque une exception de garantie légale ou contractuelle, il est tenu de satisfaire aux prescriptions des articles L. 211-9 à L. 211-17 pour le compte de qui il appartiendra ; la transaction intervenue pourra être contestée devant le juge par celui pour le compte de qui elle aura été faite, sans que soit remis en cause le montant des sommes allouées à la victime ou à ses ayants droit.

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