Section 1: Admission to the profession

In application of the provisions of Article L. 811-5,are exempt from the examination for access to the professional training period: 1° Judicial representatives who have practised their profession for at least three years; 2° Lawyers, notaries, judicial auctioneers, bailiffs, commercial court clerks, chartered accountants and statutory auditors, who have practised their profession for at least five years; 3° Persons who hold one of the qualifications or diplomas mentioned in Article…

The secretary of the committee shall keep a register in which shall be entered the name of the trainee, the name of the supervisor or supervisors, and the dates on which the traineeship began and ended. Any entry in the traineeship register shall be brought to the attention of the National Council within eight days.

The duration of the traineeship is at least three years and at most six years. The traineeship consists of the practice of activities enabling the acquisition of sufficient experience in the professional field of judicial administrators, as an associate of a judicial administrator and under his direct supervision. The traineeship may be completed for a period not exceeding one-third of its duration with a person practising another regulated legal profession…

An agreement will be signed between the trainee candidate and the supervisor, specifying the duration of the traineeship and the nature of the tasks required of the trainee, as well as the terms and conditions of their remuneration. The trainee will send a copy of this agreement to the committee secretariat.

The work placement corresponds to normal working hours as defined by the regulations, collective agreements, agreements or practices in force for the professional category in question; it is remunerated in accordance with these same regulations, collective agreements, agreements or practices. It must not have been interrupted for more than one year unless there is a legitimate reason.

The selection board for the qualifying examination provided for in Article L. 811-5 is composed as follows: 1° A magistrate of the judiciary or a councillor at the Court of Cassation or an advocate general at this court, in extraordinary service, chairman; 2° A magistrate of the judiciary; 3° A member of a commercial court of first instance; 4° A person qualified in legal, economic, social or financial matters; 5°…

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.

The qualifying examination is organised by the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires. Only persons holding a certificate of completion of training issued under the conditions set out in article R. 811-18 as well as persons exempted from a professional training period pursuant to the provisions of I of article R. 811-25 and the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 811-28-2.