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Article L243-4 of the French Insurance Code

Any person subject to compulsory insurance who, having applied to take out a policy with an insurance undertaking whose articles of association do not prohibit the assumption of the risk in question by reason of its nature, is refused, 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 underwriting office is to set the amount of the premium for which the insurance undertaking concerned is obliged to underwrite the risk which has been proposed to it. It may determine the amount of an excess to be paid by the insured.

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Article L243-4

Toute personne assujettie à l’obligation de s’assurer qui, ayant sollicité la souscription d’un contrat auprès d’une entreprise d’assurance dont les statuts n’interdisent pas la prise en charge du risque en cause en raison de sa nature, se voit opposer un refus, peut saisir un bureau central de tarification dont les conditions de constitution et les règles de fonctionnement sont fixées par décret en Conseil d’Etat.

Le bureau central de tarification a pour rôle exclusif de fixer le montant de la prime moyennant laquelle l’entreprise d’assurance intéressée est tenue de garantir le risque qui lui a été proposé. Il peut déterminer le montant d’une franchise qui reste à la charge de l’assuré.

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