The purpose of the caisses régionales de crédit agricole mutuel is :
1. to facilitate transactions carried out by members of the local mutual agricultural credit cooperatives in their area and guaranteed by these local cooperatives.
However, in the event that there is no local caisse capable of examining applications, the regional caisses may, exceptionally, if they have sufficient guarantees, grant these various loans directly, in particular short-term loans to finance harvests;
2. Forward to the beneficiary local authorities any long-term loans that may be granted to them by the central body of Crédit Agricole.