A compensation body shall compensate injured parties resident in France who are entitled to compensation for any loss or injury resulting from accidents occurring on the metropolitan territory of a State party to the European Economic Area, other than the French State, and involving a vehicle normally based and insured in one of these States.
Without prejudice to the civil liability legislation of third countries and to private international law, the provisions of this article also apply to injured parties resident in France and entitled to compensation for any loss or injury resulting from accidents occurring in a third country whose national insurers’ bureau has joined the international insurance card scheme, where the accidents in question are caused by the use of vehicles insured and normally based in a Member State of the European Union.