In its first correspondence with the victim, the insurer is required, on pain of relative nullity of any settlement that may be reached, to inform the victim that he may obtain from the insurer, on simple request, a copy of the police or gendarmerie investigation report and to remind him that he may, at his own discretion, be assisted by a lawyer and, in the event of a medical examination, by a doctor.
Under the same penalty, this correspondence shall inform the victim of the provisions of the third paragraph of article L. 211-9 and those of article L. 211-12.