The central body of the agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds is a société anonyme d’assurance agréée pursuant to Article L. 321-1 or a société anonyme de réassurance agréée pursuant to Article L. 321-1-1, the absolute majority of whose share capital and voting rights are held jointly, directly or indirectly, by the agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds with departmental or regional jurisdiction.
Groupama SA is the central body, within the meaning of the first paragraph of this article, of the network made up of agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds.
The name of agricultural mutual insurance or reinsurance company or fund is reserved for companies or funds that cede or retrocede reinsurance, directly or indirectly, of risks they insure with the central body mentioned in the first paragraph.