Subject to the provisions of Article R. 321-65, no person may conduct voluntary sales of furniture by public auction unless he meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of a State other than France that is a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area; 2° Not have been convicted of a criminal offence for acts contrary to honour…
Auctioneer’s clerks with proof of at least seven years’ professional practice, persons who have exercised equivalent responsibilities for the same length of time with one or more operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction or sworn merchandise brokers, as well as those who have exercised these responsibilities successively with a sworn merchandise broker and with an operator of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction for a total…
In order to be able, pursuant to Article L. 321-2, to manage voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, notaries must first have completed, at their own expense, a sixty-hour training course covering the regulations, practice and ethics of auction sales. This training is organised by the Conseil des maisons de vente after receiving the opinion of the Conseil supérieur du notariat. Assistant notaries are admitted to this training. At…
Those who meet the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 321-18 are eligible to sit the examination for admission to the training course mentioned in 4° of that article. .
The possession of the national law degree provided for in 3° of article R. 321-18 :
The examination for access to the traineeship is held at least once a year. The conditions of organisation, the programme and the procedures for the examination, which includes written and oral tests covering artistic, legal, economic and accounting subjects as well as English and, as an option, another modern foreign language (1), are set by order of the Minister of Justice, after consultation with the Conseil des maisons de vente…
The examination for admission to the traineeship is administered by a jury presided over by a magistrate from the judiciary. This jury is also composed of a professor of art history in higher education in active service, a heritage curator (specialising in museums), a sworn goods broker and three persons authorised to manage voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.
The chairman and members of the jury may not serve for more than three consecutive years. In the event of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote.
The duration of the traineeship is two years, including at least one year in France. The traineeship includes theoretical instruction relating to an in-depth knowledge of artistic, technical, economic, accounting and legal matters and practical instruction, given under the supervision of the Conseil des maisons de vente and in accordance with procedures that it determines jointly with the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés.
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