TITLE IIITHE APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AUDITORS ... BY PUBLIC-INTEREST ENTITIES
Article 16Appointment of statutory auditors F1...
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For the purposes of the application of F2the provisions, for the appointment of statutory auditors F3... by public-interest entities, the conditions set out in F4paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply, F5....
Where F6the provisions for the appointment of statutory auditors by public interest entities do not apply, the public-interest entity shall inform the competent authority of the use of F7applicable alternative systems or modalities F8.... In that event, F9paragraph 3 of this Article shall not apply.
F102.
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3.
F11The recommendation of the audit committee F12... shall be prepared following a selection procedure organised by the audited entity respecting the following criteria:
F13(a)
the audited person is free to invite any persons who are eligible for appointment as statutory auditors to submit proposals for the provision of the statutory audit on the condition that—
(i)
the maximum engagement periods in the provisions for the appointment of statutory auditors by public interest entities and the restrictions on appointments in those provisions are respected; and
(ii)
that the organisation of the tender process does not in any way preclude the participation in the selection procedure of firms which received less than 15 % of the total audit fees from public-interest entities concerned in the previous calendar year;
(b)
the F14audited person shall prepare tender documents for the attention of the F15invited persons. Those tender documents shall allow them to understand the business of the F14audited person and the type of statutory audit that is to be carried out. The tender documents shall contain transparent and non-discriminatory selection criteria that shall be used by the F14audited person to evaluate the proposals made by statutory auditors F16...;
(c)
(d)
(e)
the F22audited person shall evaluate the proposals made by the F23applicants in accordance with the selection criteria predefined in the tender documents. The F22audited person shall prepare a report on the conclusions of the selection procedure, which shall be validated by the audit committee. The F22audited person and the audit committee shall take into consideration any findings or conclusions of any inspection report on the applicant F24... referred to in Article 26(8) and published by the competent authority pursuant to point (d) of Article 28;
(f)
The audit committee shall be responsible for the selection procedure referred to in the first subparagraph.
For the purposes of point (a) of the first subparagraph, the competent authority F27... shall make public a list of the F28persons concerned F29who are eligible for appointment as statutory auditors which shall be updated on an annual basis. The competent authority shall use the information provided by statutory auditors F30... pursuant to Article 14 to make the relevant calculations.
F314.
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F315.
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6.
Any clause of a contract entered into between a public-interest entity and a third party restricting the choice by the F32... members of that entity, F33... to certain categories or lists of F34persons who are eligible for appointment as statutory auditor, as regards the appointment of a particular statutory auditor F35... to carry out the statutory audit of that entity shall be F36of no effect.
The public-interest entity shall inform the F37competent authority directly and without delay of any attempt by a third party to impose such a contractual clause or to otherwise improperly influence the decision of the F38... members F39of the public interest entity on the selection of a statutory auditor F40....
F417.
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F418.
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