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Article R322-67 of the French Insurance Code

The General Meeting appoints one or more statutory auditors for a term of six financial years.

The following persons may not be appointed as auditors of a company governed by this section

1° The founders and directors, members of the supervisory board or members of the management board of the company, as well as their parents and relatives up to and including the fourth degree;

2° Persons and spouses of persons who receive from those mentioned in 1° above or from the company a salary or remuneration of any kind for functions other than that of statutory auditor;

3° Companies in which one of the partners is in one of the situations described in 1° or 2° above.

Statutory auditors may not be appointed as directors, members of the supervisory board, members of the management board or managers of the companies they audit for less than five years after ceasing their duties. The same prohibition applies to the partners of a company of statutory auditors.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R322-67

L’assemblée générale nomme pour six exercices un ou plusieurs commissaires aux comptes.

Ne peuvent être nommés commissaires aux comptes d’une société régie par la présente section :

1° Les fondateurs et administrateurs, membres du conseil de surveillance ou membres du directoire de la société, ainsi que leurs parents et alliés jusqu’au quatrième degré inclusivement ;

2° Les personnes et les conjoints des personnes qui reçoivent de celles mentionnées au 1° ci-dessus ou de la société un salaire ou une rémunération quelconque à raison de fonctions autres que celle de commissaire aux comptes ;

3° Les sociétés de commissaires dont l’un des associés se trouve dans une des situations prévues au 1° ou 2° ci-dessus.

Les commissaires aux comptes ne peuvent être nommés administrateurs, membres du conseil de surveillance ou membres du directoire ou directeurs des sociétés qu’ils contrôlent moins de cinq années après la cessation de leurs fonctions. La même interdiction est applicable aux associés d’une société de commissaires aux comptes.

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