French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceAny person, including any public official or any member of the armed forces, who has suffered loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obtain full compensation for the damage resulting from personal injury, where the following conditions are met:
1° Such injury does not fall within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulation et à l'accélération des procédures d'indemnisation et n'ont pas pour origine un acte de chasse ou de destruction des animaux susceptibles d'occasionner des dommages;
2° Ces faits :
-either resulted in death, permanent disability or total personal work incapacity equal to or greater than one month;
-or are provided for and punishable by the articles 222-22 à 222-30, 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 to 225-4-5, 225-5 to 225-10, 225-14-1 and 225-14-2 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Criminal Code;
3° The injured party is of French nationality or the acts were committed on French territory.
Compensation may be refused or its amount reduced on account of the victim's fault.
