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Article L322-12 of the French Insurance Code

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.

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Article L322-12

Les sociétés centrales d’assurance créées par la loi n° 73-8 du 4 janvier 1973 relative à la mise en oeuvre de l’actionnariat du personnel dans les banques nationales et les entreprises nationales d’assurances ont notamment pour objet de détenir directement ou indirectement la totalité des actions des sociétés constituant les groupes d’entreprises nationales d’assurances, d’exercer les droits attachés à ces actions et de faire bénéficier de ces droits leurs propres actionnaires.

Les dispositions des articles L. 225-25 et L. 225-49 du code de commerce ne sont pas applicables aux sociétés centrales d’assurance. Les dispositions du même code ne font pas obstacle à l’application de la présente section.

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