The statutory auditor appointed to a public interest entity or finance company for a statutory audit engagement shall publish on its website a transparency report, relating in particular to its own structure, drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, within four months of the end of the financial year.
The statutory auditor shall inform the High Council of this publication and, where applicable, of any updates to the report.
He shall also inform the Autorité des marchés financiers or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution when he is appointed to a person or entity subject to their supervision.
The report must be available for consultation on the website for at least five years from the day of its publication.
If the statutory auditor is a partner or employee of a firm of statutory auditors, the preparation and publication of the transparency report shall be the responsibility of the latter.
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