One or more shareholders or associates representing at least 5% of the share capital, the works council, the public prosecutor, the Autorité des marchés financiers for persons and entities whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may, within the period and under the conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, apply to the courts for one or more statutory auditors to be disqualified for just cause.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply, in the case of persons other than commercial companies, at the request of one-fifth of the members of the general meeting or of the competent body.
A difference of opinion on an accounting treatment or on an audit procedure may not constitute a well-founded ground for recusal.
If the request is granted, a new statutory auditor shall be appointed in court. He shall remain in office until the statutory auditor appointed by the competent meeting or body takes up his duties.