I. – This article applies to the contracts mentioned in 1° of article L. 143-1, whether or not they have been taken out under the authorisation provided for in the same article and in article L. 382-1.
II. – Individual rights relating to these contracts are only transferable when the member is no longer required to join. A member who has left the sponsoring company is not required to transfer his individual rights.
III. – The contract may provide that members of a contract covered by b of 1 of I of Article 163 quatervicies of the General Tax Code who have left the sponsoring company may continue to make voluntary payments into the contract, provided that they are not members of another contract covered by b of 1 of I of the same Article. The contract may not provide for specific charges for this category of member. The contract may, however, stipulate that the costs relating to these contributions are to be fully or partially covered by the sponsoring company for those members whose membership is compulsory.
IV. – For transfer requests received during the year in which the member leaves the sponsoring undertaking, the clause referred to in II of Article D. 132-7 may stipulate that the period referred to in the first paragraph of III of the same article only runs from 1 January following the date on which the request is received by the insurance undertaking.