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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-74

The President of the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes or, where controls are implemented by the High Council pursuant to Article L. 821-9, the Director General of the High Council shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-76

Where the audit concerns the certification of consolidated accounts, the statutory auditor shall make available to the auditors the relevant documentation that he keeps on the audits that have been ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-70

Before carrying out audit operations, auditors declare to the High Council or, in the event of delegation, to the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes, that they are not in a situation of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article D821-77

The period defined in the second paragraph of article L. 821-14 is set at four months from the request or initiative mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article. The period referred to in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-71

The inspections referred to in Article L. 821-9 are carried out on the basis of a risk analysis. In particular, they cover:1° Certification assignments selected by the auditor. In particular, the audi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-75

…assignments for public interest entities referred to in i of Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014.Where the statutory auditor has not performed any certification engagement i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-72

The inspections provided for in article L. 821-9 are carried out on the basis of documents or on site. Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 821-12, the auditors may ask the statutory audi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-73

The auditor provides the statutory auditor with a preliminary report setting out the audit operations carried out and their results, so that the statutory auditor can submit its observations within on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-73

Pursuant to

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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