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Article R421-37 of the French Insurance Code

Subject to the rules set out in the following paragraph, public accountants, who are the consignees of extracts of judgments and rulings, shall collect, under the same conditions as fines, the 50% surcharge instituted for the benefit of the guarantee fund by the first paragraph of article L. 211-27 and the sums owed by the insurer in the event of a manifestly insufficient offer established by the judge pursuant to article L. 211-14.

The 50% surcharge on fixed-rate fines and fines for the composition of offences, set up for the benefit of the guarantee fund, is collected by an accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances under the same conditions as the said fines.

The funds collected in this way are paid into the guarantee fund on a quarterly basis.

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Article R421-37

Sous réserve des règles édictées à l’alinéa suivant, les comptables publics, consignataires des extraits de jugements et d’arrêts, recouvrent, dans les mêmes conditions que les amendes, la majoration de 50 % instituée au profit du fonds de garantie par le premier alinéa de l’article L. 211-27 et les sommes dues par l’assureur en cas d’offre manifestement insuffisante constatée par le juge en application de l’article L. 211-14.

La majoration de 50 % affectant les amendes forfaitaires et les amendes de composition pénale, instituée au profit du fonds de garantie, est encaissée par un comptable de la direction générale des finances publiques dans les mêmes conditions que lesdites amendes.

Les encaissements ainsi effectués sont versés trimestriellement au fonds de garantie.

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