In addition to undertakings carrying on direct insurance operations, including the operations referred to in Article R. 322-135, the companies or funds referred to in Article L. 322-27 whose exclusive object is reinsurance fall within the scope of this section, in particular as regards the control procedures and financial management rules.
The following are excluded, notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 322-119, when the operations defined below constitute their exclusive activity:
organisations which, in return for the payment of a post-claim contribution, promise their members, in the event of livestock mortality, a benefit which may be limited according to the resources of the said organisations;
-organisations, sometimes known as cotises or consorces, whose purpose is to implement measures to prevent and protect against certain livestock diseases, in particular bovine tuberculosis;
-organisations whose purpose is to purchase from their members the meat of animals that have suffered accidents and have been slaughtered;
-organisations whose members undertake to make a contribution in kind to members who have suffered a fire involving agricultural products.
On the other hand, until further notice, organisations whose exclusive activity consists, in return for payment of a variable contribution, of promising their members, when they are victims of agricultural disasters which do not constitute technically insurable risks, a benefit proportionate to the resources of the organisation, are excluded from the scope of this section. Where necessary, a decree sets the conditions under which the said organisations are subject to State control of insurance undertakings.