French Insurance Code
In forceAnyone responsible for an accident resulting in personal injury sustained while hunting or destroying vermin must produce their licence, if applicable, and inform the law enforcement officer who draws up the official report or prepares the accident report of the insurance policy(ies), other than those provided for in
article L. 421-8of the Insurance Code, which may cover the damage caused. It must also specify the name and address of the insurance company or companies and the number of the policy or policies. Any wilful omission of a declaration or false declaration made in bad faith will be punishable by a third-class fine.
Information resulting either from entries on the hunting licence pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, or from the declaration provided for above, must be included in the accident report. If one or more of the items of information covered by the declaration provided for in the previous paragraph are not known to the person responsible for the accident at the time the report is drawn up, this fact shall be mentioned together with the undertaking given by the said person to provide this information within a week. In this case, a supplementary report will be drawn up at a later date.
If the perpetrator of an accident giving rise to damage resulting from personal injury is unknown, the record or report relating to this accident must expressly mention this circumstance.
A copy of any report relating to a personal injury accident caused by an unknown or uninsured party shall be sent to the guarantee fund within ten days of its date by the police or gendarmerie authorities.
