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French Insurance Code
- Legislative part
  - Book I: Contracts
    - Title IX: Provisions specific to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle and provisions applicable to Mayotte, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.
      - Chapter I: Special provisions relating to general insurance in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article L191-5 of the French Insurance Code

Article L191-5 of the French Insurance Code

November 8, 2023
12:05 pm

In the event of breach of an obligation incumbent on the insured after the occurrence of the loss, the insured shall only be liable for forfeiture in the event of gross negligence or wilful default on his part.

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Article L191-5

En cas de manquement à une obligation lui incombant après la survenance du sinistre, l’assuré n’encourt la déchéance qu’en cas de faute lourde ou d’inexécution intentionnelle de sa part.

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