The main purpose of the central insurance companies created by law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973 relating to the implementation of employee shareholding in national banks and national insurance companies is to hold directly or indirectly all the shares of the companies making up the groups of national insurance companies, to exercise the rights attached to these shares and to allow their own shareholders to benefit from these rights.
The provisions of articles L. 225-25 and L. 225-49 of the Commercial Code do not apply to central insurance companies. The provisions of the same Code shall not prevent the application of this section.