The provisions of article R. 334-7 concerning the minimum amount of the guarantee fund do not apply to mutuals and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code which simultaneously meet the following conditions:
a) Their articles of association provide for the possibility of making contribution reminders or benefit reductions. When the statutes of the mutual or union are amended in application of the fourth paragraph of article R. 212-9 of the Mutual Code, the participating member or the legal entity taking out the group contract has the right to cancel the membership form(s) and the group contract(s) taken out within one month of being notified of the amendments to the statutes of the mutual or union. In this case, the right of cancellation open to the participating member and the legal entity subscribing the group contract entails the return by the mutual or association of the contribution portions relating to the period for which the risks are no longer covered;
b) The annual amount of contributions issued, including ancillary benefits and after deduction of cancellations, does not exceed 5,000,000 euros;
c) They do not cover risks in the branch referred to in Article R. 211-2, 15 of the Mutual Code;
d) When they carry out operations falling within the classes mentioned in 1, 2, 17, 18 and 16a of Article R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code, at least half of their contributions are paid by their participating or honorary members.