The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of an investment services provider, an AIF, a market undertaking or an intermediary authorised to hold or administer financial instruments for any information concerning the application by that provider, market undertaking or intermediary of the provisions of Book IV or of Title III of Book V of this Code or of the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers relating to the rules of good conduct or the conditions for carrying on the business of holding or administering financial instruments.
The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of a portfolio management company for any information concerning the application by the company of its professional obligations as defined by legislative and regulatory provisions.