I. – Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for the transactions referred to in Article L. 441-1 must be brought into compliance with the provisions of this chapter by 31 December 2017.
Without prejudice to II, compliance with existing agreements may not result in a reduction in the service value of the annuity unit.
By way of derogation from Article L. 141-4, the policyholder shall inform members of any changes to the agreement concerning the compliance referred to in the first paragraph as part of the first annual information provided for in Article L. 441-3-1 following 1 January 2018.
II. – Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for transactions referred to in Article L. 441-1 may be amended in order to introduce the possibility of reducing the service value of the annuity unit in accordance with II of Article L. 441-2, in compliance with Article L. 141-4.
When, in application of article L. 141-4, a member cancels his membership because of changes made to the agreement to which he has subscribed, his vested rights, on the date scheduled for the entry into force of these changes, are converted, on the basis of actuarial equivalence, into a life annuity expressed in euros and managed outside the auxiliary allocation accounts set up for the agreement, in application of article L. 441-8. This option to terminate membership applies without prejudice to other options for transferring rights to another agreement or contract.