II.-The supervisory board may ask the auditors of collective management bodies and independent management bodies for any information on the bodies they audit. The auditors are then released from professional secrecy with regard to the members, rapporteurs and agents of the commission.
III – The supervisory board and the ombudsman may summon and hear the legal representatives and members of the management organisation being audited, its subsidiaries and the organisations audited by them, other collective and independent management organisations, in particular those bound by a representation agreement with the organisation in question, representatives of users of the organisation’s repertoire and any person whose opinion is deemed useful.
The legal representatives of the collective management organisations and independent management organisations may ask to be heard by the supervisory board.
Any person heard has the right to be assisted by counsel of his or her choice.
IV -Any manager of an organisation subject to an inspection who hinders in any way whatsoever the performance of the duties of the members, rapporteurs or agents of the inspection board referred to in Articles L. 327-3 and L. 327-10 is liable to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.