The requisition of ownership of all or part of an item of movable property entails ipso jure, within the limits of the requisition, the cancellation or reduction of the insurance contracts relating to that property, with effect from the date of dispossession thereof. However, the insured has the right to obtain from the insurer that the cancellation be replaced by the simple suspension of the effects of the contract with a view to reinstating it at a later date for the same or similar risks.
The requisition of the use of all or part of a movable or immovable asset automatically entails the suspension of the effects of the insurance contracts relating to this asset, within the limits of the requisition, and to the extent of the liability of the State as defined in article 20 of order no. 59-63 of 6 January 1959.
The suspension provided for in the preceding paragraphs does not alter the duration of the contract or the respective rights of the parties with regard to this duration. It takes effect on the date of dispossession of the property. The suspended contract resumes its effects, ipso jure, from the date of total or partial restitution of the property required, if it has not previously been terminated for a legal or contractual reason; the insured must, by registered letter or electronic registered mail, notify the insurer of this restitution within a period of one month from the date on which he became aware of it. In the absence of notification within this period, the contract shall not resume its effects until the day on which the insurer has received notification of the return from the insured.