Title XIV bis: Assistance with the recovery of damages for victims of offences

Any natural person who, having brought a civil action, has benefited from a final decision awarding damages and interest as compensation for the harm they have suffered as a result of a criminal offence, but who cannot obtain compensation under the articles 706-3 or 706-14, may apply for assistance in recovering these damages and interest as well as the sums awarded pursuant to articles 375 ou 475-1. This assistance may…

In the absence of voluntary payment of damages and interest as well as sums awarded pursuant to articles 375 or 475-1 by the convicted person within two months of the day on which the decision concerning damages became final, the civil party may apply to the guarantee fund for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences for recovery assistance. On pain of foreclosure, the application for recovery assistance must…