Any insurance undertaking subject to State supervision by virtue of the provisions of the third paragraph (2°) of Article L. 310-1 and which has obtained authorisation to cover civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles, excluding carrier’s liability, freely appoints in each of the States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area a representative whose task is to handle and settle, in the State of residence of the injured party, claims arising from a road traffic accident involving a vehicle which it insures, occurring in the territory of one of the States designated above, excluding the State of residence of the injured party, and causing loss or injury to that party.
The representative is also responsible for handling and settling, in the injured party’s State of residence, claims resulting from an accident involving a vehicle insured by the insurance undertaking which appointed him, which occurred in the territory of a third State whose national insurer’s bureau has joined the international insurance card scheme and which caused loss or injury to a person residing in a State which is a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The representative must reside or be established in the State where he has been appointed and be able to examine the case in the official language or languages of that State. He may represent one or more insurance undertakings.
The undertakings referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall notify, via the information centre provided for in Article L. 451-1, the information centres of all the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of the name and address of the claims representative appointed by them in each of the Member States.