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Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A121-1 of the French Insurance Code

Insurance contracts relating to the classes mentioned in 3 and 10 of article R. 321-1 of the Insurance Code and concerning land motor vehicles must include the clause on the reduction or increase in premiums or contributions appended to this article. Unless otherwise agreed, the clause referred to in the first paragraph does not apply to contracts covering vehicles, appliances or equipment designated by the following terms, as defined in…

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Article Annexe à l’article A121-1 of the French Insurance Code

Art. 1At each annual due date of the contract, the premium payable by the insured is determined by multiplying the amount of the reference premium, as defined in Article 2, by a coefficient known as the reduction/increase coefficient, set in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 below.The original coefficient is 1. Art. 2 – The reference premium is the premium established by the insurer for the risk with the same…

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Article A121-1-1 of the French Insurance Code

In motor third party liability insurance, the reference premium referred to in article 2 of the appendix to article A. 121-1 may give rise to the application of an additional premium for insured persons with a driving licence less than three years old and for insured persons with a driving licence of three years or more but who cannot provide proof of actual insurance cover over the last three years…

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Article A121-1-2 of the French Insurance Code

In motor third party liability insurance, the increases listed below may only be added to the reference premium modified, where applicable, by the additional premiums or reductions mentioned in article A. 121-1-1 and by the application of the reduction/increase clause provided for in article A. 121-1. These increases may not exceed the following maximum percentages of the premium designated below: For insureds responsible for an accident and found to be…

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Article A121-2 of the French Insurance Code

Notwithstanding the provisions of article A. 121-1, contracts covering the following risks may include a reduction or increase clause different from that mentioned in that article: 1° Contracts insuring more than three motor vehicles belonging to the same owner and requiring a category B licence to drive. However, vehicles intended to be hired for a period of at least twelve months or to be leased remain subject to the provisions…

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Article A125-1 of the French Insurance Code

The insurance contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 (first paragraph) are deemed to contain clauses that comply with those set out in Annex I to this article. The insurance contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 (second paragraph) are deemed to contain clauses that comply with those set out in Annex II to this article.

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Article Annexe I art. A125-1 of the French Insurance Code

Standard clauses applicable to insurance contracts mentioned in article L. 125-1 (first paragraph) of the Insurance Code a) Purpose of cover: The purpose of this insurance is to guarantee the insured financial compensation for direct non-insurable material damage to all property covered by the contract, the determining cause of which was the abnormal intensity of a natural agent, when the usual measures to be taken to prevent this damage could…

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Article Annexe II art. A125-1 of the French Insurance Code

Standard clauses applicable to insurance contracts referred to in article L. 125-1 (second paragraph) of the Insurance Code a) Purpose of the cover: The purpose of this insurance is to guarantee the insured the payment of an indemnity corresponding to the loss of gross profit and the additional operating costs resulting, during the indemnity period provided for by the contract, from the interruption or reduction in the activity of its…

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Article A125-2 of the French Insurance Code

The annual rate of the premium or contribution for cover against the effects of natural disasters is set as follows: -contracts covering risks in category 23 of article A. 344-2 : 6% of premiums or contributions for theft and fire cover, or, failing that, 0.5% of premiums or contributions for damage cover; contracts insuring risks falling within category 24 of article A. 344-2: 12% of all premiums or contributions relating…

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Article A125-3 of the French Insurance Code

In municipalities that do not have a plan for the prevention of foreseeable natural risks for the risk concerned, the interministerial order declaring a state of natural disaster as provided for in article L. 125-1 specifies the number of declarations of a state of natural disaster that have occurred for the same risk over the five years preceding the date of the new declaration.

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