The president of the commercial court in the jurisdiction of the company’s registered office, ruling at the request of the chairman of the board of directors or the management board of the société anonyme à participation ouvrière, appoints the independent expert responsible for presenting to the general meeting of shareholders the report on the amount of compensation proposed to the participants and former participants mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 225-269.
This expert is chosen from among the statutory auditors registered on the list provided for in I of Article L. 822-1.
He is subject to the incompatibilities set out in articles L. 822-10 to L. 822-14 and the profession’s code of ethics.