Complementary certificates may be associated with the brevet professionnel, diplôme d’Etat and diplôme d’Etat supérieur de la jeunesse, de l’éducation populaire et du sport. They attest to professional skills that meet a specific need and are awarded under the same conditions as the diploma.
Complementary certificates are created :
either by an order of the minister responsible for sport;
-or by an order of the ministers responsible for youth and sport;
-or, in the case of the joint creation of a certificate, by an order of the ministers concerned.
These orders define the skills reference framework and the certification reference framework. They may lay down equivalence or exemption measures.
They may be registered in the specific register mentioned in article L. 6113-6 of the Labour Code.