By way of derogation from article L. 225-218 of the French Commercial Code, local semi-public companies are required to appoint at least one statutory auditor.
This obligation also applies to companies controlled, within the meaning of article L. 233-3 of the same code, by local semi-public companies. In the absence of such an obligation for non-controlled companies, the shareholder local authorities and groupings may make the agreement required pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of article L. 1524-5 of this code subject to the appointment of a statutory auditor. The same statutory auditor may be appointed pursuant to the first two sentences of this paragraph.
As an exception to Article L. 822-15 of the Commercial Code, the statutory auditor:
1° Reports to the local authorities and groups of local authorities that are shareholders in the local semi-public company, to the regional audit chamber and to the representative of the State in the département, under the conditions set out in Article L. 823-12 of the same code, the irregularities or inaccuracies that it identifies in the accounts of a company that it audits pursuant to the first two paragraphs of this article;
2° Transmit to the same persons a copy of the written document mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 234-1 of the Commercial Code. It shall also inform these persons under the conditions laid down in the penultimate paragraph of the same Article L. 234-1.