The professional creditor is obliged, before 31 March each year and at its own expense, to inform any guarantor who is a natural person of the amount of the principal of the debt, interest and other accessories outstanding at 31 December of the previous year in respect of the guaranteed obligation, on pain of forfeiture of the guarantee for interest and penalties due since the date of the previous information and until the date of communication of the new information. In relations between the creditor and the guarantor, any payments made by the debtor during this period are deducted in priority from the principal of the debt.
The professional creditor is obliged, at the request of the guarantor, to inform the creditor of the date of the new information.
The professional creditor is obliged, at his own expense and subject to the same penalty, to remind the natural person guarantor of the term of his commitment or, if the guarantee is for an indefinite period, of his right to terminate it at any time and the conditions under which this right may be exercised.
The present article also applies to the professional guarantor.
This article also applies to guarantees given by a legal entity to a credit institution or finance company as security for financial assistance granted to a company.