Incentives, profit-sharing or a company savings plan may be set up within a group made up of companies that are legally independent but have established financial and economic links between them.
However, the mechanisms for increasing capital provided for in articles L. 3332-18 et seq. and for increasing the sums paid annually by one or more undertakings provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 3332-11 may only be applied within a group of undertakings included in the same scope of consolidation or combination of accounts in application of the following provisions:
1° Article L. 345-2 of the French Insurance Code for companies governed by this code;
2° Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code for companies governed by that Code;
3° Article L. 511-36 of the Monetary and Financial Code for credit institutions and finance companies;
4° Provisions of the Mutual Societies Code for mutual societies;
5° Article L. 931-34 of the Social Security Code for provident institutions.