I.-The penalties provided for in Article L. 824-2, statutory auditors for any disciplinary misconduct they commit.
Disciplinary misconduct includes:
1° Any breach of the legal conditions for practising the profession;
2° Any gross negligence and any act contrary to probity or honour.
II.-The penalties provided for in article L. 824-3 because of the following breaches:
1° Partners, employees of the statutory auditor, any other person participating in the certification engagement or persons who are closely linked to the statutory auditor within the meaning of Article 3(26) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014, because of breaches of the provisions of Article L. 822-11-3 and to the provisions of the code of ethics relating to personal, professional or financial ties;
2° Public interest entities, their managers, directors or members of the management board or supervisory board, as a result of:
a) Breaches of the provisions of articles L. 822-11, L. 822-11-1 and L. 822-11-2 and Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, relating to the services provided by statutory auditors;
b) Failure to comply with the provisions of Article L. 823-1, relating to the appointment of statutory auditors;
c) Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 823-3-1 and Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014, relating to the term of office;
d) Failure to comply with the provisions relating to fees set out in Article L. 823-18 and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014;
3° Persons or entities subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, their managers, directors or members of the management board or supervisory board, as well as the persons mentioned in 1°, when they oppose in any way whatsoever the performance of the duties entrusted to the agents of the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes with regard to audits and investigations by the provisions of this chapter, Section 2 of Chapter I, and Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014;
4° Any manager, director, member of the supervisory board or person occupying a management position within a person or entity, as well as that person or entity, as a result of a breach of the provisions of Article L. 822-12;
5° Members of the management bodies of sociétés de commissaires aux comptes and other natural persons within these companies, due to their personal involvement in breaches of the provisions of Sections 3 to 6 of Chapter I of Title VI of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code.