Section 3: Funeral operations

Masters of ceremonies, funeral advisors and the like and the directors or managers of authorised undertakings, régies or associations who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the European Economic Area are deemed to satisfy the requirement to hold a diploma as laid down in article L. 2223-25-1 when they have obtained recognition of their professional qualification under the conditions set…

Masters of ceremony, funeral advisers and similar staff and managers have a period of twelve months from the date of conclusion of their employment contract or, for public employees, from the date of appointment or confirmation in their post, to meet the diploma requirement set out in Article L. 2223-25-1 of the General Local Authorities Code. Managers, have a period of twelve months from the date of creation of the…

In each département, the prefect draws up a list of persons authorised to perform the duties of jury members. Their number is defined according to the total population of the department concerned, as follows: – department with a population of less than 500,000: at least 15 people; – department with a population of 500,000 or more and less than one million: at least 20 people; – department with a population…

The list referred to in article D. 2223-55-9 : – mayors, deputy mayors or delegated municipal councillors, in office or honorary, appointed by the departmental association of mayors; – representatives of consular chambers, appointed by the president of the consular chamber concerned; – university lecturers, appointed by the presidents of the universities approached; – officials from the State departments responsible for competition, consumer affairs and fraud control or funeral regulations,…

For each examination session, the training organisations will set up a panel of four people from the list for the department in which the theory tests are held. Each panel may include a maximum of one representative of the consular chambers and one representative of the profession. If a member of the jury is unable to attend, the jury may be held regularly if three members are present. If all…

Participation in the work of the jury provided for in article D. 2223-55-11 gives rise to the payment, by the training body, of remuneration, equivalent to that received by public employees who participate, on an ancillary basis, in recruitment activities for the Ministry of the Interior, Overseas Territories, Territorial Communities and Immigration.

Masters of ceremony who may avail themselves of the provisions of article R. 2223-50 are deemed to satisfy the diploma requirement mentioned in Article L. 2223-25-1. Funeral advisers and similar persons, as well as directors and managers who may avail themselves of the provisions of article R. 2223-51, are deemed to satisfy the diploma requirement mentioned in article L. 2223-25-1. Masters of ceremony who can prove that they have completed…

Masters of ceremony, funeral advisors and similar, managers and directors who have completed the training courses provided for respectively by articles R. 2223-43, R. 2223-45 and R. 2223-46 and who provide evidence of less experience than the duration mentioned in the third, fourth and sixth paragraphs of article D. 2223-55-13 may be exempted, by the training body, from attending all or part of the courses covering the subjects defined in…

People wishing to avail themselves of the provisions of articles D. 2223-55-13 and D. 2223-55-14 shall provide proof of their professional experience under the conditions defined by order of the Minister of the Interior. The date taken into account to prove the professional experience acquired is the date on which the agent was appointed or confirmed in his post For the application of the provisions of this article, the periods…

The directors or managers of companies, régies or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of the need to prove their professional suitability by means of posters and, where appropriate, through staff representatives or the works council.