Mutual reinsurance companies may be formed between mutual insurance companies or associations thereof or between undertakings affiliated by agreement to the same mutual insurance group company, the object of which is the reinsurance of the companies which are members thereof.
Such reinsurance companies are subject to the provisions of this section. However, they are validly constituted when they have at least seven member companies, this minimum number not being required when they only include companies belonging to the same mutual insurance group company; their articles of association fix, without being bound by a minimum, the amount of their formation fund; the general meeting is composed of all the member companies.