BOOK VIII: Some regulated professions.

Only persons holding one of the following qualifications or diplomas may be admitted to sit the examination for admission to the professional traineeship provided for in Article L. 811-5 :

Holders of the Diplôme d’études comptables supérieures previously governed by Decree no. 81-537 of 12 May 1981 relating to the Diplôme d’études comptables supérieures are considered, for the purposes of this chapter, as holders of the Diplôme d’études supérieures comptables et financières.

The examination for access to the traineeship is organised by the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires in accordance with a programme and procedures laid down by order of the garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice. No person may sit the examination more than three times.

The examination panel for access to the traineeship is composed as follows: 1° A magistrate of the judiciary or an adviser to the Court of Cassation or an advocate general to that court, in extraordinary service, chairman; 2° A magistrate of the judiciary; 3° A professor or senior lecturer of law; 4° A professor or senior lecturer of economics or management; 5° Two judicial administrators. In the event of a…

The members of the jury are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice, after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires in the case of court-appointed administrators. An equal number of alternates are appointed under the same conditions. The chairman and members of the jury are appointed for a period of three years, renewable once.

Where a member is permanently prevented from serving during his term of office, he shall be replaced by a person belonging to the same category for the remainder of his term of office.