For commitments covered by 1° of Article L. 134-1, the amount of the sums due by the insurance undertaking when the guarantee expires corresponds to the value mentioned in the second paragraph of Article R. 134-5. For commitments covered by 2° of Article L. 134-1, the amount of the sums due by the insurance undertaking when the guarantee expires corresponds to the greater of the value mentioned in the third paragraph of Article R. 134-5 and the guarantee.
The contract stipulates that, unless the policyholder or member expressly decides otherwise, this amount will give rise to the payment of a benefit or arbitration into a contract component, the characteristics of which are set by an order of the Minister for the Economy.
Three months before the maturity date of the guarantee, the subscriber is informed, on paper or any other durable medium, of the allocation of the sums at maturity and of the possibility and procedures for changing this allocation.
For contracts offering the possibility of an annuity payment, the amount of the annuity is calculated on the basis of a capital sum corresponding to the amount mentioned in the first paragraph and is expressed in euros. On the date of conversion into an annuity, the conversion of rights gives rise to the constitution of the provision mentioned in 1° of article R. 343-3, which is no longer managed within the auxiliary allocation accounts mentioned in article L. 134-2.