Section 1: Admission to the profession

Only persons holding the qualifications or diplomas referred to in L. 812-3 than persons holding the qualifications or diplomas mentioned in articles R. 811-7 and R. 811-8.

The rules relating to the professional training period defined in articles R. 811-9, R. 811-10, R. 811-11, R. 811-12, R. 811-14 and R. 811-16 are applicable to judicial representatives.

The jury for the examination for access to the traineeship is that provided for in Article R. 811-10. However, the professor or senior lecturer of economics or management is replaced by a professor or senior lecturer of law and the two receivers are replaced by two judicial representatives appointed under the same conditions.

Under the provisions of Article L. 812-3, benefit from exemption from the examination for admission to the traineeship :

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 field of collective proceedings, as an employee of a mandataire judiciaire and under his direct supervision. The traineeship may be completed for a period not exceeding one third of its duration with a person practising a regulated legal profession…

The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 811-17 relating to traineeships are applicable to persons entered on the traineeship register.

The provisions of article R. 811-18 relating to the training certificate and the refusal to issue this certificate are applicable to persons entered in the training register.

The panel responsible for conducting the aptitude test for judicial representatives is that provided for in Article R. 811-19. However, the two judicial administrators are replaced by two judicial representatives appointed after consultation with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires. The articles R. 811-20 and R. 811-21 are applicable.

The provisions of articles R. 811-22 to R. 811-24 relating to the aptitude examination are applicable to candidates for the profession of judicial representative. The examination is organised under the conditions defined in article R. 811-22.