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Article R144-2 of the French Insurance Code

The contracts referred to in article L. 144-1 taken out with a view to guaranteeing a lifetime income include a clause which allows members to opt each year for the payment of a premium or contribution, the annual amount of which is between a minimum which varies each year in line with the ceiling provided for inarticle L. 241-3 of the Social Security Code and a maximum equal to fifteen…

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Article R144-3 of the French Insurance Code

The contracts mentioned in article L. 144-1 may allow members to pay additional premiums or contributions for the years between the date of their affiliation to the compulsory basic old-age insurance scheme and the date of their enrolment in the contract. The amount of the additional premium or contribution to be paid in a given year must be equal to that of the premium or contribution fixed for that same…

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Article R144-4 of the French Insurance Code

The activities of an association referred to in I of article L. 144-2 resulting from its missions in respect of a popular retirement savings plan are carried out separately from those resulting from any other plans of the same nature subscribed to by the association and, where applicable, from its other activities.

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Article R144-5 of the French Insurance Code

I. – The association’s articles of association contain at least the following clauses: The purpose of the association, as a popular retirement savings group, is to subscribe one or more popular retirement savings plans on behalf of members and to ensure the representation of members’ interests and, to these ends: 1° To set up a supervisory committee for each plan subscribed, subject to the case mentioned in the first paragraph…

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Article R144-6 of the French Insurance Code

The General Meeting of the Association adopts the rules of professional conduct to which the members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the salaried staff of the Association, as well as the members of the supervisory committees of the plans subscribed by the Association, shall be bound. These rules are given to each member on joining the association. The purpose of the Code of Ethics is to…

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Article R144-7 of the French Insurance Code

I. – The association’s articles of association lay down the procedures for appointing and dismissing members of the supervisory board of the people’s pension savings plans subscribed by the association, the duration and renewable nature of their term of office and the procedures for making provisional appointments in the event of a vacancy caused by the death, resignation or dismissal of one or more members between two members’ meetings. They…

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Article R144-8 of the French Insurance Code

I. – The association’s General Meeting is convened at least once a year under the conditions set out in article R. 141-4 in order, for each of the plans subscribed by the association: 1° To approve the annual accounts of the plan on the basis of the report of the insurance company’s auditors and after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory committee; to this end, the auditors’ report and the…

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Article R144-9 of the French Insurance Code

The Association’s General Meeting appoints a statutory auditor and a deputy auditor chosen from the list referred to in I of article L. 822-1 of the French Commercial Code, who carry out their duties under the conditions set out in article L. 612-1 of that code. The association’s annual financial statements, drawn up by the Board of Directors, certified by the statutory auditor and prepared in accordance with the rules…

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Article R144-10 of the French Insurance Code

For each popular retirement savings plan subscribed to by an association, cash and securities accounts are opened for the payment of expenses relating to the operation and duties of the supervisory committee and expenses relating to the operation of the general meeting or decided by the latter. Withdrawals from these accounts may only be made to settle expenses incurred by the association in respect of the plan or to repay…

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Article R144-11 of the French Insurance Code

The association draws up an annual budget which includes, in particular, the annual budget for each plan drawn up in accordance with 1° of article R. 144-14. Each popular retirement savings plan provides that the financing of the association’s activities relating to the plan is ensured, in addition to any entry fees paid to the association by members of the plan, by deductions made by the insurance company from the…

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