Section 2: Popular savings.

The payments made under an insurance contract which are taken into account to assess compliance with the maximum payment limit provided for in article R. 221-68 are made up of the fraction of premiums representing the savings transaction defined by decree no. 84-269 of 11 April 1984 relating to the methods for calculating the fraction of life insurance contract premiums representing the savings transaction.

If the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 221-18 are not complied with, the sums in all the people’s savings plans of the person who has not complied with these provisions are deemed to have been withdrawn on the date on which the people’s savings plan in excess was opened.

In the event of a payment exceeding the sum stipulated in article R. 221-68, all the sums in the people’s savings plan are deemed to have been withdrawn immediately. The same applies if, more than ten years after the popular savings plan was opened, a payment is made after a withdrawal has been made. However, this measure is not applied if the person concerned can prove that the overdraft or…

The transfer of a people’s savings plan from one management body to another does not constitute a withdrawal if the holder gives the body managing the people’s savings plan an identification certificate for the people’s savings plan to which the transfer is to be made; this certificate is issued by the body to which the people’s savings plan is transferred. In this case, the body managing the plan is required…

The operation of people’s savings schemes is subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the supervisory bodies specialising in each of the insurance sectors mentioned in I to IV of article R. 221-70.