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Article L442-3 of the French Insurance Code

In accordance with Articles L. 731-30 and L. 731-32 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance scheme for farmers and their self-employed family members may be insured by the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 of this Code when they act in accordance with the conditions laid down for this purpose by the French Rural and Maritime Fishing…

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Article L442-4 of the French Insurance Code

As stated in article L. 752-13 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, persons subject to the compulsory insurance scheme for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational illnesses may be insured by the undertakings mentioned in article L. 310-1 of this Code when they act under the conditions laid down for this purpose by the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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Article L442-5 of the French Insurance Code

As stated in article L. 752-28 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code), people who have the option of taking out supplementary insurance against accidents in private life, accidents at work and occupational illnesses may do so with the companies mentioned in article L. 310-1 of this Code when they act under the conditions laid down for this purpose by the Code rural…

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Article L443-1 of the French Insurance Code

Insurance companies authorised to carry out surety business which have provided a surety bond, an endorsement or a guarantee, whether legal, regulatory or contractual in origin, have recourse by operation of law and in all cases against the customer who gave the undertaking, his co-obligors and the persons who acted as surety and, for payments made under their undertaking, subrogation in the rights of the creditor as provided for in…

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Article L451-1 of the French Insurance Code

An information body is responsible for informing persons residing in a Member State which is a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, when they are injured in a road traffic accident: a) Occurring in the territory of one of these States, with the exception of their State of residence, or in a third State whose national bureau has joined the international insurance card scheme ; b) Involving…

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Article L451-1-1 of the French Insurance Code

I.-The information body mentioned in article L. 451-1 is responsible for setting up a file of land motor vehicles insured in accordance with Chapter I of Title I of Book II and State vehicles not subject to this insurance obligation, with a view to providing information, based on the registrations, technical data and civil liability insurance cover of the said vehicles, to : 1° The persons referred to in article…

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Article L451-1-2 of the French Insurance Code

The information body referred to in article L. 451-1 provides the State, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, with information relating to all land motor vehicles likely not to comply with the insurance obligation provided for in Chapter I of Title I of Book II. When the State so requests as part of its task of monitoring compulsory motor third party liability insurance,…

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Article L451-2 of the French Insurance Code

I. – All insurance undertakings covering civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles in the territory of the French Republic, excluding carrier’s liability, shall join the information body referred to in article L. 451-1. Any insurance undertaking which fails to comply with this obligation shall be deemed no longer to be operating in accordance with the legislation in force. It shall incur, as appropriate, the penalties…

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Article L451-3 of the French Insurance Code

In the event of a road traffic accident involving a vehicle normally based in the territory of the French Republic, the information centre shall provide the information specified in 1° to 5° of article L. 451-1 to the insurance companies of the injured parties, to the guarantee fund mentioned in article L. 421-1, to the compensation body mentioned in article L. 424-1 and to the national insurance bureau mentioned in…

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