Any person subject to compulsory insurance who, having applied to take out a policy with an insurance undertaking covering civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles in France, is refused, may refer the matter to a central pricing office, the conditions of constitution and operating rules of which are laid down by the decree of the Conseil d’Etat provided for in article L. 211-1.
The exclusive role of the central rates office is to set the amount of the premium for which the insurance undertaking concerned is obliged to underwrite the risk which has been proposed to it. It may, under the conditions laid down by the aforementioned Conseil d’Etat decree, determine the amount of an excess to be paid by the insured. It is obliged to rule on requests submitted to it.