By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 233-16, the companies referred to in the said article are exempted, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, from the obligation to draw up and publish consolidated accounts and a report on the management of the group:
1° Where they are themselves controlled by an undertaking which includes them in its consolidated and published accounts and where they do not issue transferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or negotiable debt securities. In this case, however, the exemption is subject to the condition that one or more shareholders or members of the controlled company representing at least one tenth of its share capital do not oppose it;
2° Or when the group formed by a company and the companies it controls does not exceed for two successive financial years on the basis of the latest annual accounts closed, for two of the three criteria mentioned in Article L. 123-16, a level set by decree and that none of these companies or businesses belongs to one of the categories defined in Article L. 123-16-2.