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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2004

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

_______________________

FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

of

SCOR
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of issuer's name into English)

FRANCE
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
One Wall Street New York, N.Y. 10286
(212) 495-1727
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)

_______________________

Christopher R. Sturdy
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, 22nd Floor

New York, New York, 10286

(212) 815-2095

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Peter B. Tisne, Esq.
Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
120 Broadway
New York, New York  10271
(212) 238-3010


For Further Information Contact:

Christopher R. Sturdy
The Bank of New York
ADR Department
101 Barclay Street, 22nd Floor

New York, New York 10286

(212) 815-2095

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
[X] immediately upon filing
[ ] on ( Date ) at ( Time ).
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box.  [ ]


Title of each class
of Securities to be registered

Amount to be registered

Proposed
maximum aggregate price per unit (1)

Proposed
maximum  aggregate offering price (1)

Amount of registration fee

American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing Ordinary Shares, Par Value of 1.00 Euro each, of SCOR

25,000,000

 American Depositary Shares

$5.00

$1,250,000

$158.38

1

For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 100 American Depositary Shares.


The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) may determine.













The prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 to this Registration Statement which is incorporated herein by reference.








PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 1.

Description of Securities to be Registered

Cross Reference Sheet

Item Number and Caption

Location in Form of Receipt
Filed Herewith as Prospectus

1.  Name and address of depositary

Introductory Article

2.  Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities

Face of Receipt, top center

Terms of Deposit:

 

(i)   The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Receipts

Face of Receipt, upper right corner

(ii)   The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities

Articles number 15, 16 and 18

(iii)   The collection and distribution of dividends

Articles number 4, 12, 14, 15 and 18

(iv)  The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

Articles number 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 22

(v)   The sale or exercise of rights

Articles number 13, 14, 15 and 18

(vi)  The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization

Articles number 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18

(vii)  Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement

Articles number 20 and 21

(viii)  Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts

Article number 11

(ix)  Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities

Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8

(x)   Limitation upon the liability of the depositary

Articles number 13, 18, 19 and 21

3.  Fees and Charges

Articles number 7 and 8

Item - 2.

Available Information

Public reports furnished by issuer

Article number 11










PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 3.

Exhibits

a.

Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of October 8, 1996, as amended and restated as of December 1, 2003, among SCOR, The Bank of New York as Depositary, and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 1.

b.

Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the Depositary Shares registered hereby or the custody of the deposited securities represented. - Not Applicable.  

c.

Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. - See (a) above.

d.

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. – Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.

e.

Certification under Rule 466. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 5.

Item - 4.

Undertakings

(a)

The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the ADRs, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.

(b)

If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADR thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.










SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on February 19, 2004.

Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts for Ordinary Shares, par value 1.00 Euro each, of SCOR.

By:

The Bank of New York,
 As Depositary

By: /s/ Vincent J. Cahill, Jr.

Name: Vincent J. Cahill, Jr.

Title: Vice President









Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, SCOR has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Paris, France on February 19, 2004.

SCOR

By:  /s/ Denis Kessler
Denis Kessler

         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Arnaud Chneiweiss or François Terrén as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys full power to act with or without the other, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his name and on his behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 19, 2004.

/s/ Denis Kessler
Denis Kessler
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)

/s/ John T. Andrews, Jr.
John T. Andrews, Jr.
Authorized U.S. Representative


/s/ Jean Baligand
Jean Baligand
Vice Chairman and Director



/s/ Maurice Toledano
Maurice Toledano

Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)


/s/ Daniel Lebèque
Daniel Lebèque
Director



/s/ François Terrén
François Terrén
Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)


___________________________
André Lévy-Lang
Director

 


/s/ Claude Tendil
Claude Tendil
Director

 


/s/ Jean-Claude Seys
Jean-Claude Seys
Director

 


/s/ Yvon Lamontagne
Yvon Lamontagne
Director

 


/s/ Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis
Director

 


/s/ Herbert Schimetscheck
Herbert Schimetscheck
Director

 


______________________________
Daniel Havis
Director

 


/s/ Jean Simonnet
Jean Simonnet
Director

 


/s/ Allan Chapin
Allan Chapin
Director

 


______________________________
Antonio Borges
Director

 


/s/ Daniel Valot
Daniel Valot
Director

 


/s/ Michèle Aronvald
Michèle Aronvald
Director

 









INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Letter

Exhibit

 

1

Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of October 8, 1996, as amended and restated as of December 1, 2003, among SCOR, The Bank of New York as Depositary, and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder.

 


4


Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered.

 


5


Certification under Rule 466.