The following companies are required to prepare annual accounts in accordance with the accounting standards defined by the Autorité des normes comptables, subject to the conditions laid down by regulation:
1° The French companies referred to in article L. 310-1, for all their operations, including those of their branches established abroad;
2° Branches of foreign undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1, other than those whose registered office is in a Member State of the European Union, for their operations in the territory of the French Republic or, where they are subject to a global solvency verification exercised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, for operations carried out in all countries to which this verification extends;
3° The undertakings mentioned in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1.