Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

1. Damage to property covered by the guarantee fund in application of the 2nd paragraph of article R. 421-1 is any damage resulting from an accident involving a land motor vehicle in circulation, as well as its trailers and semi-trailers, when the person responsible for the damage is identified. In this case, the guarantee fund does not cover damage to the vehicle involved in the accident or damage to the…

Compensation for damage to property by the guarantee fund may not exceed, per claim, the sum set by order of the Minister for the Economy. When a road traffic accident is caused by an animal that has been identified but has no owner, the compensation for damage to property by the guarantee fund, referred to in d of 2 of II of article L. 421-1, is subject to a deduction…

1. When the person responsible for the damage has been identified, any victim of damage to property must, on pain of forfeiture of his rights with regard to the guarantee fund, send a declaration to the fund together with a description of the damage and proof of the identity of the adversary, of his liability and of the absence or inadequacy of the insurance or guarantee of the person presumed…