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Article R512-16 of the French Insurance Code

I. – The financial guarantee is implemented on the sole grounds that the guaranteed intermediary is in default, without the guarantor being able to invoke the benefit of discussion against the creditor. The guaranteed intermediary shall be deemed to have defaulted one month after the date of receipt by the guaranteed intermediary of a registered letter demanding payment of the sums due or a summons to pay, which has remained without effect. Default shall also be deemed to have been incurred by a judgment ordering the winding-up of the business.

II. – Payment is made by the guarantor on expiry of a period of three months from presentation of the first written demand, which must be sent by recorded delivery with acknowledgement of receipt. If other requests are received during this period, the amount will be apportioned on a lump-sum basis if the total amount of the requests exceeds the amount of the guarantee.

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Article R512-16

I. – La garantie financière est mise en oeuvre sur la seule justification que l’intermédiaire garanti est défaillant, sans que le garant puisse opposer au créancier le bénéfice de discussion. La défaillance de la personne garantie est acquise un mois après la date de réception par celle-ci d’une lettre recommandée exigeant le paiement des sommes dues ou d’une sommation de payer, demeurées sans effet. Elle est également acquise par un jugement prononçant la liquidation judiciaire.

II. – Le paiement est effectué par le garant à l’expiration d’un délai de trois mois à compter de la présentation de la première demande écrite, qui doit être envoyée en recommandé avec avis de réception. Si d’autres demandes sont reçues pendant ce délai, une répartition a lieu au marc le franc dans le cas où le montant total des demandes excéderait le montant de la garantie.

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