The statutory audit firms mentioned in article L. 822-1-4 file or send, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, an application for registration with the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes. The application shall include documentary evidence, less than three months old, of their approval by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union. Where they are approved in more than one other Member State of the Union, they shall submit the supporting documents relating to their first approval.
Applications for registration may also be submitted electronically, by means of a secure computerised service accessible via the Internet, free of charge, enabling the applicant to submit the supporting documents in digital form. The High Council will acknowledge receipt by the same means.
The High Council communicates its decision to the applicant and to the competent authority of the Member State in which the company is authorised.
The statutory audit firm is attached to the Paris regional company when it does not have an establishment on French territory.