The rapporteur general shall conduct an investigation. He may appoint investigators to assist him.
The general rapporteur and the investigators may for this purpose:
1° Obtain from the statutory auditor, without the statutory auditor being able to invoke professional secrecy, any document or information, in any form whatsoever; they may require a copy thereof;
2° Obtain from any person any document or information useful to the investigation; they may require a copy thereof;
3° Summon and hear any person likely to provide them with information ;
4° Access business premises;
5° Ask statutory auditors included on a list drawn up by the High Council after consulting the national company of statutory auditors, to carry out verifications or perform investigative acts under their supervision;
6° Call in experts.
Any person heard for the purposes of the investigation may be assisted by counsel of his or her choice.