The High Council, on its own initiative or at the request of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes, shall adopt the standards provided for in 2° of Article L. 821-1.
The draft standards are drawn up by the commission provided for in III of Article L. 821-2 within a timeframe set by decree. If the commission fails to draw up a draft standard within this period, the Minister of Justice may ask the High Council to draw it up.
Standards are adopted by the Haut Conseil, after receiving the opinion of the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes, within a period set by decree. They are approved by order of the Minister of Justice.