Any person subject to compulsory insurance who has been unable to obtain a policy for the risks referred to in article L. 220-1 from at least three of the undertakings authorised in the class corresponding to these risks may refer the matter to a central pricing office, the conditions of constitution and operating rules of which are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The exclusive role of the central pricing office is to set the amount of the premium in return for which the insurance undertakings from which a contract has been requested, as stated in the above paragraph, are obliged to cover the risk which has been proposed to them. It may, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, determine the amount of an excess to be paid by the insured.
Any insurance undertaking which continues to refuse to underwrite a risk for which the premium has been set by the central pricing office is considered as no longer operating in accordance with the regulations in force and is liable to have the administrative authorisation provided for in article L. 321-1 withdrawn.
Any clause in reinsurance treaties that excludes certain risks covered by this sanction from the reinsurance guarantee is null and void.