Without prejudice to the disclosure rules set out inArticle L. 232-23 of the French Commercial Code, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 341-1, the insurance group companies referred to in Article L. 322-1-2 and the mutual insurance groups referred to in Article L. 322-1-5 are required to publish or make available, in accordance with the procedures specified by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, their annual accounts, the management report, except in the case of branches of undertakings referred to in 2° of article L. 341-1 of this code, the auditors’ report on the annual accounts and, where applicable, the consolidated or combined accounts, the group management report and the auditors’ report on the consolidated or combined accounts.
Where a company refuses to provide all or some of the documents requested under the previous paragraph, the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings may, at the request of the person concerned, order the company to provide these documents, subject to a fine.