The members of the guarantee fund provide it with the financial resources it needs to carry out its tasks, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The guarantee fund may also issue non-negotiable certificates of association in the name of the members, which they subscribe to when they join.
When the losses incurred by the guarantee fund cannot be covered by the contributions already called up, the association certificates mentioned in the previous paragraph may no longer be remunerated. The nominal value of each of these certificates is then reduced in the proportion necessary to absorb the losses. These certificates of association are not redeemable.
The guarantee fund may borrow from its members. To this end, it may set up or ask its members to set up on its behalf the guarantees required by agreement.
Failure to join or to pay the required contribution to the guarantee fund is subject to the penalties provided for inarticle L. 612-39 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and to late payment penalties paid directly to the guarantee fund in accordance with the procedures defined by the fund’s internal regulations.