Provided they justify this in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in I of article L. 233-16 are exempt from the obligation to draw up and publish consolidated accounts and a report on the management of the group when all the undertakings which they control exclusively or jointly, within the meaning of the same article L. 233-16, are, both individually and collectively, of negligible interest in relation to the objective defined in Article L. 233-21 . 233-21 or that they may be excluded from consolidation pursuant to article L. 233-19.