For the purposes mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, the High Council may communicate information or documents to the authorities of non-EU Member States exercising powers similar to its own, subject to reciprocity and on condition that the authority concerned is subject to professional secrecy with the same guarantees as in France.
It may, subject to the same reservations and conditions, have the auditors mentioned in Article L. 821-9 the control operations it determines in order to respond to requests for assistance from the authorities mentioned in the first paragraph.
The High Council may, in exceptional circumstances, authorise officials from authorities of non-EU Member States to attend the inspections referred to in Article L. 821-9. During these audits, which are carried out under the direction of the High Council, the officials of these authorities may not directly request information or documents from the statutory auditor
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