I. – Directors of the management company of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé or a fonds commun de titrisation are liable to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros if they fail to arrange for the appointment of the fund’s auditor in accordance with the terms of article L. 214-8-6.
II. – Any statutory auditor, either in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory auditors, who gives or confirms false information about the situation of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé, or a fonds commun de titrisation, or who fails to disclose to the public prosecutor any criminal offence of which he is aware, is liable to imprisonment for five years and a fine of 18,000 euros.
III. – The directors of the management company or the legal entity acting as custodian of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé, or a fonds commun de titrisation shall be liable to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros, and for all persons placed under their authority, to obstruct the verifications or controls of the statutory auditors or to refuse them access to all documents required for the performance of their duties and, in particular, to all contracts, books, accounting documents and minute books.