The conditions of publication prescribed for ordinary commercial companies are replaced, in respect of mutual guarantee companies, by the following provisions:
1. Prior to any transaction, three copies of the articles of association, together with a complete list of the directors or managers and the members, indicating their name, profession, domicile and the amount of each subscription, shall be filed with the clerk of the court in whose jurisdiction the company has its registered office. A receipt shall be issued;
2. Each year, in the first fortnight of February, the manager or a director of the company shall likewise file, in triplicate, a statement showing the number of members of the company on that date and a list of changes which have occurred among the directors or managers and the members since the last filing was made, and, in addition, a summary table of income and expenditure and of the transactions carried out during the previous year;
3. A copy of these documents shall be filed with the clerk of the commercial court of the district by the judge of the judicial court;
4. The documents filed with the registry of the Tribunal Judiciaire and the Tribunal de Commerce, pursuant to this article and article L. 515-8, are made available to any applicant.