The statutory auditors and, within sociétés de commissaires aux comptes, the persons performing the duties of statutory auditor mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 822-9 may not be appointed as officers, directors, members of the supervisory board or hold a management position within the persons or entities they control, less than three years after the termination of their duties.
During this same period, they may not hold the same positions in a controlled person or entity or one that controls within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3 the person or entity whose accounts they have certified.
This prohibition also applies to all persons other than those mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, registered on the list mentioned in I of article L. 822-1 for a period of one year following their participation in the certification mission.