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Article L351-7 of the French Insurance Code

When insurance and reinsurance undertakings, or the parent undertakings referred to in 3° of Article L. 356-15, no longer hold sufficient eligible own funds to cover their Solvency Capital Requirement or Minimum Capital Requirement, distributions relating to certain own funds items are subject to limitations. Depending on the own funds item concerned, these restrictions consist of either a prohibition or a deferral of such distributions. They also apply in the event of non-coverage of the Solvency Capital Requirement or the Minimum Capital Requirement being caused by these distributions.

Any stipulation that non-payment of distributions, in particular as a result of the application of the limitations mentioned in the first paragraph, shall be considered as an event of default, shall be deemed to be unwritten.

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Article L351-7

Lorsque les entreprises d’assurance et de réassurance, ou les entreprises mères mentionnées au 3° de l’article L. 356-15, ne détiennent plus suffisamment de fonds propres éligibles pour couvrir leur capital de solvabilité requis ou leur minimum de capital requis, les distributions relatives à certains éléments de fonds propres font l’objet de limitations. Ces limitations consistent, selon l’élément de fonds propres concerné, soit en une interdiction, soit en un report de ces distributions. Elles s’appliquent également au cas où la non-couverture du capital de solvabilité requis ou du minimum de capital requis serait causée par ces distributions.

Est réputée non écrite toute stipulation prévoyant que le non-paiement des distributions, résultant notamment de l’application des limitations mentionnées au premier alinéa, est considéré comme un événement de défaut.

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