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Article L211-4-1 of the French Insurance Code

The vehicle is deemed to be normally based in France :

1° If it bears a number plate which corresponds to it and which has been issued by the French authorities;

2° When, although subject to compulsory registration in France, it has no number plate or bears a number plate that does not correspond to it or no longer corresponds to it and the accident occurs on French territory;

3° If it is not subject to compulsory registration and the person in charge of it is domiciled in France.

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Article L211-4-1

Le véhicule est réputé avoir son lieu de stationnement habituel en France :

1° Lorsqu’il porte une plaque d’immatriculation qui lui correspond et qui a été délivrée par les autorités françaises ;

2° Lorsque, bien que soumis à l’obligation d’immatriculation en France, il est dépourvu de plaque d’immatriculation ou porte une plaque qui ne lui correspond pas ou ne lui correspond plus et que l’accident survient sur le territoire français ;

3° Lorsqu’il n’est pas soumis à l’obligation d’immatriculation et que la personne qui en a la garde est domiciliée en France.

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