Composition: Philippe Lagayette (chair), Alain Champigneux, Charles de Croisset, Dominique de La Garanderie, Rémy Rioux and Jean-Claude Paye (four independent members our of six).
As set out in the Board guidelines, this committee makes sure accounting methods comply with applicable standards, advises on the appointment and re-appointment of auditors, and on the quality of their work, oversees compliance with rules on auditors’ independence, verifies the relevance of internal inspection methods, and examines the scope of consolidated companies.
The committee met three times in 2008, with an attendance rate of 100%.