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Article L823-13 of the French Commercial code

At any time of the year, the statutory auditors, together or separately, shall carry out any verifications and controls they deem appropriate and may obtain on the spot any documents they consider useful for the performance of their duties and in particular any contracts, books, accounting documents and minute books.

In order to carry out their audits, the statutory auditors may, under their own responsibility, be assisted or represented by such experts or collaborators of their choice, whom they shall make known by name to the person or entity whose accounts they are responsible for certifying. These experts or collaborators have the same rights of investigation as the statutory auditors.

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Article L823-13

A toute époque de l’année, les commissaires aux comptes, ensemble ou séparément, opèrent toutes vérifications et tous contrôles qu’ils jugent opportuns et peuvent se faire communiquer sur place toutes les pièces qu’ils estiment utiles à l’exercice de leur mission et notamment tous contrats, livres, documents comptables et registres des procès-verbaux.

Pour l’accomplissement de leurs contrôles, les commissaires aux comptes peuvent, sous leur responsabilité, se faire assister ou représenter par tels experts ou collaborateurs de leur choix, qu’ils font connaître nommément à la personne ou à l’entité dont ils sont chargés de certifier les comptes. Ces experts ou collaborateurs ont les mêmes droits d’investigation que les commissaires aux comptes.

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