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Article L2216-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 2216-1, communes are civilly liable for damage resulting from the exercise of municipal policing powers, regardless of the status of the officers involved. However, in the event that the damage results, in whole or in part, from the fault of an agent or the malfunctioning of a service not under the responsibility of the municipality, the latter’s liability is mitigated to the extent of the damage.

The liability of a legal entity other than the municipality to which the employee or service concerned reports may only be incurred if that legal entity has been called into question either by the municipality or by the victim of the damage.

If this has not been the case, the municipality remains solely and definitively liable for the damage.

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Article L2216-2

Sans préjudice des dispositions de l’article L. 2216-1, les communes sont civilement responsables des dommages qui résultent de l’exercice des attributions de police municipale, quel que soit le statut des agents qui y concourent. Toutefois, au cas où le dommage résulte, en tout ou partie, de la faute d’un agent ou du mauvais fonctionnement d’un service ne relevant pas de la commune, la responsabilité de celle-ci est atténuée à due concurrence.

La responsabilité de la personne morale autre que la commune dont relève l’agent ou le service concerné ne peut être engagée que si cette personne morale a été mise en cause, soit par la commune, soit par la victime du dommage.S’il n’en a pas été ainsi, la commune demeure seule et définitivement responsable du dommage.

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