I. – When, pursuant to Article L. 822-16, a request for an opinion on the code of ethics of the profession of statutory auditor is submitted to the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, which shall issue its opinion within one month.
II. – Any matter within its remit may be referred to the High Council by the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the Minister for the Economy, the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Auditors, the President of the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers or the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution. It may also act on its own initiative.