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Article D823-1-1 of the French Commercial code

The company is no longer required to appoint a statutory auditor if it has not exceeded the figures set for two of these three criteria during the two financial years preceding the expiry of the statutory auditor’s term of office.
The company is no longer required to appoint a statutory auditor if it has not exceeded the figures set for two of these three criteria during the two financial years preceding the expiry of the statutory auditor’s term of office.

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Article D823-1-1

Pour l’application du troisième alinéa de l’article L. 823-2-2 relatif à la désignation d’un commissaire aux comptes, le total du bilan est fixé à 2 000 000 €, le montant du chiffre d’affaires hors taxes à 4 000 000 € et le nombre moyen de salariés employés au cours de l’exercice à vingt-cinq.


La société n’est plus tenue de désigner un commissaire aux comptes dès lors qu’elle n’a pas dépassé les chiffres fixés pour deux de ces trois critères pendant les deux exercices précédant l’expiration du mandat du commissaire aux comptes.

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