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Article L1143-8 of the French Public Health Code

Whether or not it includes a determination of liability, the out-of-court compensation agreement sets out the conditions under which the defendants will compensate persons who have suffered bodily injury as a result of one or more events identified in the agreement.

It specifies in particular:

1° If the information available to the parties and the nature of the injury allow, the type of bodily injury likely to result from the act(s) mentioned in the first paragraph;

2° The terms and conditions of individual expert appraisals;

3° The conditions under which the cost of the expert appraisals mentioned in 2° is borne by the defendants;

4° The conditions under which individual settlement offers are presented to the persons concerned and to third-party payers who have incurred costs as a result of the injury suffered by these persons;

5° The time limit within which requests for compensation must be made in order to benefit from the conditions it lays down;

6° The procedures for monitoring the system;

7° The publicity measures implemented by the parties involved to inform the users of the healthcare system concerned of the existence of the agreement, the possibility of requesting compensation under the conditions it lays down and the time limit and procedures applicable.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article L1143-8
Qu’elle comporte ou non la détermination des responsabilités, la convention d’indemnisation amiable fixe les conditions dans lesquelles les personnes mises en cause assurent aux personnes ayant subi un dommage corporel en raison d’un ou de plusieurs faits qu’elle identifie la réparation de leur préjudice.


Elle précise notamment :


1° Si les éléments à la disposition des parties et la nature des préjudices le permettent, le type de dommages corporels susceptibles de résulter du ou des faits mentionnés au premier alinéa ;


2° Les modalités d’expertise individuelle contradictoire ;


3° Les conditions dans lesquelles la charge des expertises mentionnées au 2° est supportée par les personnes mises en cause ;


4° Les conditions dans lesquelles les offres transactionnelles individuelles sont présentées aux personnes intéressées ainsi qu’aux tiers payeurs ayant supporté des frais du fait des dommages subis par ces personnes ;


5° Le délai dans lequel doivent intervenir les demandes de réparation pour bénéficier des conditions qu’elle prévoit ;


6° Les modalités de suivi du dispositif ;


7° Les mesures de publicité mises en œuvre par les personnes mises en cause pour informer les usagers du système de santé concernés de l’existence de la convention, de la possibilité de demander réparation aux conditions qu’elle fixe ainsi que du délai et des modalités applicables.


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