Every three years, each professional is subject to an inspection covering all of his or her activity.
As an exception to the previous paragraph, the person mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 is subject to an inspection, which relates to the activity for which it has been appointed, when the number of mandates thus exercised exceeds a threshold set by decree, without the period between two inspections being less than three years.
The professionals and persons referred to in the preceding paragraphs may also, at any time, be subject to an occasional inspection that relates either to a specific issue or to their activity as a whole.
Judicial representatives withdrawn from the professional lists or persons mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2, who are authorised to continue one or more cases in progress by virtue of Articles L. 811-8 and L. 812-6.
The persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 811-2 or in the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 may likewise be subject to occasional checks.