I.-Statutory auditors are prohibited from accepting an engagement to certify the accounts of a public interest entity if, during the financial year preceding that for which the accounts are to be certified, they or any member of the network to which they belong have provided, directly or indirectly, to the public interest entity, or to the persons or entities that control it or that are controlled by it in the European Union, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, the services mentioned in e of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.
II.-.The statutory auditor and the members of the network to which it belongs are prohibited from directly or indirectly providing the public interest entity whose accounts it certifies, and the persons or entities that control it or are controlled by it within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3 and whose registered office is located in the European Union, with the services mentioned in paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this II, where a member of the network to which it belongs and which is established in a Member State provides to a person or entity that controls or is controlled by the public interest entity, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, and whose registered office is located in the European Union of the services mentioned in i and iv to vii of a and f of 1 of the same Article 5 in a Member State that authorises them, the statutory auditor shall analyse the risks weighing on his independence and apply the appropriate safeguards.
III.-.The statutory auditor is prohibited from accepting or continuing an assurance engagement with a person or entity that is not a public interest entity where there is a risk of self-review or where his independence is compromised and appropriate safeguards cannot be implemented.