Any person referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-43 must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the name(s) of the statutory auditor(s) it proposes to appoint or reappoint. When it informs the Authority of its intention to appoint a firm of statutory auditors as statutory auditor, it shall specify the name of the individual statutory auditor who is a partner, shareholder or manager of the said firm and who is proposed to carry out the assignment on behalf of that firm, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 822-9 of the Commercial Code.
The AMF has two months from receipt of the request for an opinion to issue its opinion on the proposed appointment of the statutory auditor. In the absence of a response within the time limit, the Authority’s opinion is deemed to be favourable.
If the Authority deems it necessary, it may request additional information by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent either to the person concerned or to the proposed auditor. In the latter case, the AMF shall inform the person concerned and set a deadline for response in its request for additional information, which may not be less than one month. The period provided for in the previous paragraph is then suspended until receipt of the additional information, and at the latest until expiry of the response period.