Each caisse de crédit mutuel must belong to a regional federation and each regional federation must belong to the confédération nationale du crédit mutuel, whose articles of association are approved by the minister responsible for the economy.
The confédération nationale du crédit mutuel is responsible for :
1. Representing the caisses de crédit mutuel collectively in order to assert their common rights and interests;
2. Exercising administrative, technical and financial control over the organisation and management of each caisse de crédit mutuel;
3. To take all measures necessary for the smooth running of the Crédit Mutuel, in particular by encouraging the creation of new caisses or bringing about the closure of existing caisses, either by means of a merger with one or more caisses, or by means of amicable liquidation.