I. – Proof of compliance with the conditions mentioned in 1° of article L. 352-1 of the French Forestry Code is provided by producing a copy or notarised certificate of the title to the forests concerned, or an extract from the cadastral matrix concerning these forests, and an undertaking to apply to these forests one of the sustainable management guarantees mentioned in articles L. 124-1 and L. 124-3 of the same code.
Proof of compliance with the conditions mentioned in 2° of article L. 352-1 of the aforementioned code is provided by the production, for the current year, of a copy of the insurance contract taken out or an insurance certificate issued by the insurer, covering all or part of the forest area held, in particular against the risk of storms.
II. – The opening of a forestry investment and insurance account is the subject of a written contract between the subscriber and the establishment distributing the account.
III. – Without prejudice to the provisions set out in IV of this article, the forestry investment and insurance account may remain open for as long as the holder fulfils the conditions set out in article L. 352-1 of the Forestry Code. In the event of a change in the conditions laid down in article L. 352-1 of the French Forestry Code , the account holder shall inform the account keeper and send him the supporting documents.
IV. – Depository institutions are required to automatically balance accounts for which the tax authorities have indicated non-compliance with the conditions set out in articles L. 352-1 and L. 352-3 of the Forestry Code and the second paragraph of I of this article. The sums credited to the cleared account are transferred to another account opened in the same establishment in the name of the account holder or, failing this, to a suspense account.
V.-The custodian institutions provide the account holder with at least one annual statement reminding him of the conditions for use of the account as set out in articles L. 352-2 and L. 352-3 of the French Forestry Code.