The guarantee covers political, catastrophic and non-payment risks.
The political risk is realised when the debtor has not paid his debt, or the performance of the contract has been interrupted, provided that the non-payment or the interruption of the contract is not due to the non-performance of the clauses and conditions of the contract by the beneficiary of the guarantee and results from one of the following causes:
a) Civil or foreign war, revolution, riot or other similar events;
b) Moratorium imposed by the administrative authorities in the debtor’s country of residence;
c) Act or decision of a foreign government or administrative authority preventing performance of the contract;
d) Act or decision of the French administrative authorities or the authorities of the European Union preventing performance of the contract.
Catastrophic risk occurs when the debtor is prevented from fulfilling its commitments as a result of a cataclysm such as a cyclone, flood, tidal wave, earthquake or volcanic eruption.