Life insurance companies may, with the agreement of the beneficiary of the annuity and under the conditions specified in articles A. 160-3 and A. 160-4, redeem annuities and annuity increases relating to contracts taken out with them, where the monthly receipts for arrears do not exceed 110 euros, including the amount of statutory increases. This option may be exercised when the contract is wound up or when the annuities are in payment.
When the arrears receipts are paid at intervals of more than one month, the threshold mentioned in the first paragraph is multiplied by the number of months included in the payment period.