In application of article L. 2223-25-1, the exercise of the following professions in the funeral sector is subject to the possession of a diploma comprising theoretical training and practical assessment:
– master of ceremonies, responsible for coordinating the conduct of the various ceremonies that take place from the placing in the coffin until the burial or cremation of a deceased person;
– funeral advisor and similar, responsible for determining directly with families the organisation and conditions of the funeral service.
Directors and managers hold the diploma entitling them to practise the profession of funeral adviser and equivalent.
At the end of the examination session, the jury sends the list of graduates to the secretariat of the Conseil national des opérations funéraires . The list of graduates is published once a year in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of the Interior.