Failure by the directors of a credit institution or finance company to request the appointment of the company’s statutory auditors or to convene them to any general meeting is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.
It is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for any manager of a credit institution or finance company, or for any person in the service of the company, to obstruct the verifications or controls of the statutory auditors or to refuse to provide them on the spot with all the documents required for the performance of their duties, and in particular all contracts, books, accounting documents and minute books.