I. – (Repealed)
II. – The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons they control.
The statutory auditors of the persons referred to in the first paragraph of this II shall communicate to the Autorité des marchés financiers any information that has come to their attention in the course of the performance of their duties in the situations and under the conditions defined in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements for statutory audits of public interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC.
III. – Statutory auditors of persons whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may question the Autorité des marchés financiers on any matter encountered in the course of their engagement and likely to have an effect on the person’s financial information.
IV. – Statutory auditors of companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall send the AMF a copy of the written information sent to the chairman of the board of directors or the management board pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 234-1 of the Commercial Code or a copy of the written information sent to the executive officer pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 234-2 of the Commercial Code, as applicable. They shall also send the authority the conclusions of the report that they intend to present to the General Meeting pursuant to Articles L. 823-12 and L. 822-15 of the same code.
V. – The statutory auditors are bound by professional secrecy and may not be held liable for information provided in compliance with the obligations and procedures set out in this article and in article L. 621-18.
VI. – The provisions of this article apply to the statutory auditors of persons whose financial securities are offered to the public on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of article L. 433-3.
VII. – The provisions of III and V of this article shall apply to statutory auditors who carry out assignments in connection with public offerings. The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask statutory auditors for any information on the persons they control, when these persons carry out a public offering.
By way of derogation, the provisions of the previous paragraph are not applicable in the case of public offers referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 or in Article L. 411-2-1.