The following are exempt from the obligations set out in Article L. 823-19 of the French Commercial Code:
1° Persons and entities controlled within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the same Code where the person or entity controlling them has voluntarily set up a specialised committee within the meaning and in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 823-19 of the same Code;
2° Persons and entities linked to a parent company within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 356-1 of this Code when the parent company is itself subject to these obligations or has voluntarily set up a specialised committee within the meaning and according to the procedures of Article L. 823-19 of the Commercial Code.