The caisses de crédit mutuel must justify their objectives in accordance with the general principles of Crédit Mutuel and in particular be non-profit making, limit their activity to a specific territorial area or to a homogeneous group of members, and establish the responsibility of the members.
Members of the Crédit Mutuel network must undertake to comply with the articles of association, internal regulations, instructions and decisions of the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel and, in the case of the Caisses de Crédit Mutuel, of the regional federation to which they must belong in accordance with the provisions of article L. 512-56.