I. – Guaranteed loans are loans with :
1. A first-ranking mortgage or a property security interest providing at least equivalent security ;
2. Or, within the limits and under the conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, provided that the guaranteed loan is used exclusively to finance a property, a guarantee from a credit institution, finance company or insurance company, which has at least the second level of credit quality established by an external credit assessment body recognised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to the provisions of article L. 511-44 and which are not included in the scope of consolidation defined in Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code to which the société de crédit foncier belongs.
II. – The loans guaranteed by a property security mentioned in 1 of I and the guaranteed loans mentioned in 2 of I are eligible for financing by preferential resources within the limit of a percentage of the property financed or provided as security. This percentage is determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
Specific eligibility conditions are set by decree by the Conseil d’Etat for those loans that are guaranteed by the Fonds de Garantie de l’Accession Sociale à la Propriété mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the Code de la Construction et de l’Habitation or any entity or person that replaces it, as well as for those loans that are covered, for the part exceeding the fixed quota and within the limit of the value of the property to which the guarantee relates, by a guarantee that meets the conditions mentioned in 2 of I or by the guarantee of one or more of the public bodies mentioned in article L. 513-4.
III. – The asset provided as collateral or the asset financed by a guaranteed loan must be located in France, in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in a State with the highest credit quality rating established by an external credit assessment body recognised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with article L. 511-44. Its value is determined prudently and excludes any speculative elements. The valuation procedures are laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy, which stipulates in particular the cases in which an expert appraisal must be carried out.