Article L2132-5 of the French Labour Code
Trade unions may: 1° Set up and administer information centres for job offers and applications; 2° Create, administer and subsidise professional provident institutions, educational, training, popularisation or research organisations in areas of interest to the profession; 3° Subsidising production or consumer cooperatives, financing the creation of low-cost housing or the acquisition of land for allotments or physical and sporting activities.