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Article L441-8 of the French Insurance Code

When an insurance undertaking carries out operations falling within the scope of Article L. 441-1, it must keep subsidiary allocation accounts for each agreement.

The assets corresponding to these transactions are allocated to the settlement of benefits, whether or not they have been paid. To this end, they are subject to

a) A legal mortgage on the buildings, which takes effect on the date of registration;

b) a preferential right on movable property and a preferential right on immovable property which take precedence over the preferential rights provided for respectively in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 327-2.

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Article L441-8

Lorsqu’une entreprise d’assurance pratique des opérations relevant de l’article L. 441-1, elle doit, pour chaque convention, tenir une comptabilité auxiliaire d’affectation.

L’actif correspondant à ces opérations est affecté au règlement des prestations liquidées ou non. Il est grevé à cet effet :

a) D’une hypothèque légale sur les immeubles qui prend rang à la date de son inscription ;

b) D’un privilège mobilier et d’un privilège immobilier qui priment les privilèges respectivement prévus au premier et au deuxième alinéas de l’article L. 327-2.

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