For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 221-9 relating to the appointment of a statutory auditor, the balance sheet total is set at 4,000,000 euros, the amount of turnover excluding tax is set at 8,000,000 euros and the average number of employees is set at fifty. The balance sheet total and the amount of turnover excluding tax are determined in accordance with the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article D. 123-200.
The company is no longer required to appoint a statutory auditor if it has not exceeded the figures set for two of these three criteria during the two financial years preceding the expiry of the statutory auditor’s term of office.
In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 221-9, the statutory auditor is appointed by judgment of the president of the commercial court ruling under the accelerated procedure on the merits.