Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Within two months of receipt of the request for recovery assistance formulated in application of article 706-15-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the guarantee fund grants the civil party full payment of damages and sums awarded in application of articles 375 or 475-1 of the same code if their total amount is less than or equal to 1,000 euros. If the total amount of damages and sums awarded in…

The guarantee fund may take all legal action necessary to obtain payment of damages and sums awarded in application of articles 375 or 475-1 of the code of criminal procedure from the persons responsible for the damage caused by the offence or required in any way to ensure total or partial compensation. The guarantee fund may obtain the information necessary to carry out its task of assisting recovery under the…

The sums to be recovered by the guarantee fund are increased by a penalty, by way of management costs, equal to a percentage of the damages and the sums awarded in application of articles 375 or 475-1 of the code of criminal procedure. This percentage is set by order of the Insurance Minister. When the perpetrator of the offence has been required to compensate the victim as part of a…

The sums recovered by the guarantee fund are used first and foremost to reimburse the guarantee fund for the compensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7, any enforcement costs incurred and part of the management costs mentioned in article L. 422-9 equal to a percentage of the compensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7. This percentage is set…

Articles L. 422-7 to L. 422-10 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. For the application of article L. 422-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, the amount of damages and sums awarded pursuant to articles 375 and 475-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is expressed in local currency, taking into account the equivalent value in that currency.