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Article L243-1-1 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The insurance requirements set out in articles L. 241-1, L. 241-2 and L. 242-1 do not apply to maritime, lake and river structures, road, port, airport, heliport and rail infrastructure, structures for the treatment of urban waste, industrial waste and effluent, and the equipment components of any of these structures.

Roads, pedestrian walkways, car parks, other networks, pipelines, lines or cables and their supports, energy transport, production, storage and distribution facilities, facilities for the storage and processing of bulk solids, fluids and liquids, telecommunications facilities, sports facilities that are not covered, as well as their equipment, are also excluded from the insurance obligations mentioned in the first paragraph, unless the facility or item of equipment is ancillary to a facility subject to these insurance obligations.

II-These insurance obligations do not apply to works existing before the start of the worksite, with the exception of those which, having been fully incorporated into the new work, become technically indivisible from it.

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Article L243-1-1

I.-Ne sont pas soumis aux obligations d’assurance édictées par les articles L. 241-1, L. 241-2, et L. 242-1 les ouvrages maritimes, lacustres, fluviaux, les ouvrages d’infrastructures routières, portuaires, aéroportuaires, héliportuaires, ferroviaires, les ouvrages de traitement de résidus urbains, de déchets industriels et d’effluents, ainsi que les éléments d’équipement de l’un ou l’autre de ces ouvrages.

Les voiries, les ouvrages piétonniers, les parcs de stationnement, les réseaux divers, les canalisations, les lignes ou câbles et leurs supports, les ouvrages de transport, de production, de stockage et de distribution d’énergie, les ouvrages de stockage et de traitement de solides en vrac, de fluides et liquides, les ouvrages de télécommunications, les ouvrages sportifs non couverts, ainsi que leurs éléments d’équipement, sont également exclus des obligations d’assurance mentionnées au premier alinéa, sauf si l’ouvrage ou l’élément d’équipement est accessoire à un ouvrage soumis à ces obligations d’assurance.

II.-Ces obligations d’assurance ne sont pas applicables aux ouvrages existants avant l’ouverture du chantier, à l’exception de ceux qui, totalement incorporés dans l’ouvrage neuf, en deviennent techniquement indivisibles.

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