{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7214a.","heading":"Additional disclosure","text":"\u00a7\u202f7214a.\nAdditional disclosure\n(a)\nDefinitions\nIn this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201caudit report\u201d has the meaning given the term in\nsection 7201(a) of this title\n(2) the term \u201cCommission\u201d means the Securities and Exchange Commission;\n(3) the term \u201ccovered form\u201d\u2014\n(A) means\u2014\n(i) the form described in section 249.310 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and\n(ii) the form described in section 249.220f of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; and\n(B) includes a form that\u2014\n(i) is the equivalent of, or substantially similar to, the form described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); and\n(ii) a foreign issuer files with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\n15 U.S.C. 78a\n(4) the terms \u201ccovered issuer\u201d and \u201cnon-inspection year\u201d have the meanings given the terms in subsection (i)(1) of\nsection 7214 of this title\n(5) the term \u201cforeign issuer\u201d has the meaning given the term in section 240.3b\u20134 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.\n(b)\nRequirement\nEach covered issuer that is a foreign issuer and for which, during a non-inspection year with respect to the covered issuer, a registered public accounting firm described in subsection (i)(2)(A) of\n(1) that, during the period covered by the covered form, such a registered public accounting firm has prepared an audit report for the issuer;\n(2) the percentage of the shares of the issuer owned by governmental entities in the foreign jurisdiction in which the issuer is incorporated or otherwise organized;\n(3) whether governmental entities in the applicable foreign jurisdiction with respect to that registered public accounting firm have a controlling financial interest with respect to the issuer;\n(4) the name of each official of the Chinese Communist Party who is a member of the board of directors of\u2014\n(A) the issuer; or\n(B) the operating entity with respect to the issuer; and\n(5) whether the articles of incorporation of the issuer (or equivalent organizing document) contains any charter of the Chinese Communist Party, including the text of any such charter.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s7214a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7214a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Additional disclosure"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201caudit report\u201d has the meaning given the term in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7201(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s7201/a","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cCommission\u201d means the Securities and Exchange Commission;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201ccovered form\u201d\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" means\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s7214a/a/3/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" the form described in section 249.310 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; 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