I. – No person may be authorised or appointed to carry out an investigation or an audit if he has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in article L. 500-1.
No person may be appointed to carry out an investigation or an audit of a legal entity within which he has exercised a professional activity during the previous three years.
II. – Before giving an assignment to one of the persons mentioned in 2° of I, II and III of Article R. 621-31, the Secretary General shall ensure that the prospective person is not likely to be in a conflict of interest with the person who is to be the subject of the inspection or investigation assignment. To this end, when the prospective appointee is one of those mentioned in e, f, g or h of 2° of I of Article R. 621-31, the Secretary General shall ask him to inform him of all the professional relationships he has had with the appointee over the previous three years. The Secretary General may not entrust it with an assignment if, during the period in question, it has audited or advised the persons concerned on the services or transactions in question.
III. – In order to be authorised by the Secretary General to act as an investigator, the prospective investigator must be a manager or equivalent or have at least two years’ professional experience.
In the case of an investigation entrusted to one of the persons mentioned in 2° of I of Article R. 621-31, the Secretary General shall ensure, before authorising the investigators, that the conditions laid down in this Article are met.