Individuals can pay into a retirement savings plan. The purpose of the plan is the acquisition and enjoyment of personal lifetime rights or the payment of a capital sum, payable to the holder from the date of liquidation of his pension under a compulsory old-age insurance scheme or from the age mentioned in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code, at the earliest.
The plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account or, for plans opened with an insurance company, a mutual insurance company or union, a provident institution or union, to subscription to a group insurance contract, the execution of which is linked to the cessation of professional activity or, for plans opened with a supplementary professional retirement organisation, to subscription to a contract whose purpose is to cover supplementary retirement commitments mentioned in article L. 381-1 of the Insurance Code.
The plan provides the holder with the option of acquiring a life annuity on the maturity date specified in the first paragraph of this article, as well as the option of reversion of this annuity to a beneficiary in the event of the holder’s death.