Book II: Compulsory insurance

Where the insurer covering civil liability in respect of a motorised land vehicle has not been notified of the road traffic accident within one month of the accident, the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 211-9 for making an offer of compensation is suspended at the end of the one-month period until the insurer receives this notification.

Where the victim of a road traffic accident dies more than one month after the date of the accident, the period provided for in article L. 211-9 for making an offer of compensation to the victim’s heirs and, where applicable, to the victim’s spouse, is extended by the time elapsed between the date of the accident and the date of death, less one month.

If, within six weeks of the presentation of the correspondence provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 211-10 requesting the information to be sent to the insurer in accordance with articles R. 211-37 or R. 211-38, the insurer has received no reply or only an incomplete reply, the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 211-9 is suspended from the expiry of the six-week period…

If the insurer has received no reply or an incomplete reply within six weeks of the submission of the correspondence by which, having been informed of the consolidation of the victim’s condition, it has asked the victim for the information mentioned in article R. 211-37 that it needs to make the offer of compensation, the period provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 211-9 is suspended from the…

When the victim, the heirs or the spouse provides only part of the information requested by the insurer in its correspondence and the reply does not allow, due to the lack of sufficient information, to establish the offer of compensation, the insurer has a period of fifteen days from the receipt of the complete reply to present to the interested party a new request in which it specifies the missing…

When the victim does not undergo the medical examination mentioned in article R. 211-43 or when he/she disputes the choice of the doctor and no agreement can be reached with the insurer, the appointment of a doctor as expert by the interim relief judge, at the insurer’s request, extends by one month the time limit given to the insurer to submit the offer of compensation.