The Crédit Mutuel network comprises the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel and the caisses de Crédit Mutuel, made up of local caisses and the departmental and interdepartmental caisses referred to in Article L. 512-55 .
Credit institutions and finance companies controlled directly or indirectly, exclusively or jointly within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code by one or more members of the Crédit Mutuel network may also be affiliated to the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel, by decision of the latter, under the conditions and with the same consequences as those provided for in Article L. 511-31.