Subject to the application of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 233-17 of the Commercial Code , except in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société de groupe mixte d’assurance, the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-1 and having their registered office in France, the undertakings mentioned in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1, the insurance group companies defined in Article L. 322-1-2 and the mixed financial holding companies defined inArticle L. 517-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code draw up and publish consolidated or combined accounts. These accounts are drawn up in accordance with regulations defined by the Autorité des normes comptables. However, companies are exempt from complying with this regulation if they prepare and publish their accounts in accordance with the international accounting standards adopted by regulation of the European Commission.
When at least two entities from among the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-1 or Article L. 310-1-1, the insurance group companies defined in Article L. 322-1-2, the mixed financial holding companies defined in Article L. 517-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the mutual insurers and unions governed by the provisions of Book II of the Mutual Code and the mutual group unions defined in Article L. 111-4-2 of the same code, provident institutions, unions of provident institutions and social protection insurance group companies governed by title 3 of book 9 of the social security code or byarticle L. 727-2 of the rural code constitute a group whose coherence does not result from capital links, one of them draws up and publishes combined accounts. For these entities, the obligation to draw up combined accounts replaces the obligation to draw up consolidated or combined accounts in the event of the existence of a consolidated or combined group within the scope of the combination, except in the case of specific regulatory obligations relating to the issue of transferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or negotiable debt securities.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this article.