The traineeship is completed with the clerk of a commercial court.
The Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce draws up each year, in agreement with the clerks of the commercial courts, a list of proposed traineeships comprising at least as many proposals as places offered in the competition. These proposals specify the location of the traineeship as well as the dates or periods on which it begins and ends.
The successful candidates in the competition choose their traineeship from the list of proposed traineeships.
Successful candidates in the competition choose their traineeship from this list in the order of their ranking in the competition tests.
In the event of special circumstances, the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce may authorise the trainee to complete a traineeship not on this list, to change the place of the traineeship or to change the date or period on which it begins or ends, without being able to change the duration of the traineeship.
Where the duration of the traineeship is one year, the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce may authorise the trainee to complete his or her traineeship for a period of at least nine months in accordance with the procedures laid down in the first paragraph of this article and for a period not exceeding three months either with a lawyer, a chartered accountant, a court-appointed administrator, a liquidator, a notary, a bailiff or an auctioneer, or with a public administration or in the legal or tax department of a company. Refusal to authorise these methods of completing the traineeship may be referred to the Paris Court of Appeal within one month of notification to the interested party by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
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