The examination for access to the traineeship is held at least once a year.
The conditions of organisation, the programme and the procedures for the examination, which includes written and oral tests covering artistic, legal, economic and accounting subjects as well as English and, as an option, another modern foreign language (1), are set by order of the Minister of Justice, after consultation with the Conseil des maisons de vente and the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés.
No one may sit the examination for access to the traineeship more than three times.