SECTION 3

The commercial act by nature is an act by which a person engages in the movement of goods that he produces or purchases or an act by which he provides services with the intent to make a monetary profit. The following represent commercial acts by nature: - purchase of goods, personal or realproperty for the purpose of resale; - banking, stock exchange, insurance and transit operations; - contracts between merchants for the purposes of their trade; - i ndustrial mining operations,exploitation of quarries and any deposits of natural resources; - furniture rental operations; - manufacture, transport and telecommunications operations; - theoperationsofcommercial intermediaries,suchas commission agents,brokerage, agency, as well as the operations of intermediaries for the purchase, subscription, sale or rental, of real estate, enterprisees, or shares or equity interestsof commercial or property companies; - Acts performed by commercial companies.