Any person who fails to comply with the obligations laid down in articles L. 551-3 and L. 551-4 shall be liable to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros.
Failure by the manager to comply with the provisions of article L. 551-5 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros.
Any statutory auditor, either in his own name or as a partner in a company of statutory auditors, who gives or confirms false information on the documents referred to in article L. 551-4 or fails to disclose to the public prosecutor any criminal offence of which he is aware, is liable to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros.