To be authorised to issue negotiable debt securities, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 213-3-2 must belong to one of the following categories:
1° Companies in the form of joint stock companies or, in the case of companies whose registered office is located abroad, in a form recognised as equivalent by the authority referred to in Article D. 213-2, with a share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal to 37,000 euros or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currency;
2° Public sector undertakings that meet the conditions set out in 1° ;
3° Public sector undertakings which do not have share capital but which have been authorised to make public offers of financial securities other than those mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 411-2 or in article L. 411-2-1;
4° Agricultural cooperative societies and associations thereof with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal to 37,000 euros;
5° Sociétés coopératives par actions with share capital of which the paid-up portion is at least equal to 37,000 euros.