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Article D125-2-3 of the French Insurance Code

The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters meets at least once a year and as often as necessary, when convened by its Chairman or Vice-Chairman, who sets the agenda. Unless it is an emergency, the members of the Commission shall receive, at least five days before the date of the meeting, a notice of meeting including the agenda and, where applicable, the documents required to examine the matters on the…

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Article D125-2-4 of the French Insurance Code

The Commission decides on its opinions and reports by a majority of the votes of the members present or represented. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote. The minutes drawn up by the General Secretariat of each committee meeting are published electronically after being approved by all committee members. If a member does not express an opinion on the minutes one month after they have…

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Article D125-3 of the French Insurance Code

The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster provided for in II of article L. 125-1-1 issues a simple opinion on each communal request for recognition of the state of natural disaster referred to it by the ministers responsible for civil security, the economy, the budget and overseas departments and territories. Its opinion focuses on the natural nature and abnormal intensity of the event within the…

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Article D125-3-1 of the French Insurance Code

This committee comprises: 1° The Director of the Budget or his representative; 2° The Director General for Overseas France or his representative, if the application has been submitted by a municipality in an overseas department or collectivity where the guarantee against the effects of natural disasters provided for in Article L. 125-1 of this Code is applicable; 3° The Director General for Civil Security and Crisis Management or his representative,…

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Article D125-3-2 of the French Insurance Code

The Commission is set up by the Minister for Civil Protection, who pays the costs of its operation and secretariat. The commission’s secretariat is responsible in particular for communicating the report provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 to the National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters, to Parliament and to the Orientation Council for the Prevention of Major Natural Risks referred to in article L. 565-3 of the Environment…

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Article D125-3-3 of the French Insurance Code

The Chairman of the Commission may decide that a deliberation will be organised by means of a telephone or audiovisual conference under the conditions laid down in Order no. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 relating to remote deliberations by administrative bodies of a collegiate nature. The Commission may, on the decision of its Chairman, hear any outside person whose hearing is likely to inform its deliberations. The participation of the…

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Article D125-5-9 of the French Insurance Code

For property other than land motor vehicles, in a commune that does not have a plan for the prevention of foreseeable natural risks for the risk that is the subject of an order declaring a state of natural disaster, the excess is adjusted, for property insured by local authorities or their groupings, according to the number of declarations of a state of natural disaster that have been made for the…

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Article D125-6 of the French Insurance Code

The insured must declare to the insurer or its local representative any loss likely to trigger cover as soon as it is known and at the latest within thirty days of publication of the interministerial decree declaring a state of natural disaster.

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Article R126-2 of the French Insurance Code

I.- Property insurance contracts covering damage to the bodies of rail, air, sea, lake and river vehicles and to goods transported are excluded from the scope of article L. 126-2 . However, the following remain subject to the application of article L. 126-2: 1° Property insurance contracts covering damage sustained by the bodies of air vehicles intended for a non-commercial or non-profit-making activity where the unit value of the bodies…

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Article R127-1 of the French Insurance Code

The contractual documents relating to legal expenses insurance, mentioned in article L. 127-2, must indicate the management method, provided for in article L. 321-6, for which the company has opted. If the company has opted for the method provided for in the first indent of the first paragraph of article L. 321-6, the policyholder must be informed without delay by the insurance company of the address of the department or…

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