Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to the practice of public accounting must have been completed either with a person registered on the list of statutory auditors and authorised to receive trainees under the conditions set out in the eighth paragraph of Article R. 822-3, or, subject to authorisation given to the trainee, under conditions set by order of the Minister of Justice and the Budget Minister, with a person approved in a Member State of the European Union to carry out statutory audits.
A candidate for registration who holds a public accounting diploma and who does not meet the conditions laid down in the first paragraph may be authorised to complete two additional years of training in order to comply with these conditions. The provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article R. 822-3 shall apply.