Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

The duration of the vocational training provided for in article L. 814-9 is twenty hours over the course of a calendar year or forty hours over the course of two consecutive years.

Continuing education covers legal, economic, financial, accounting, social and ethical issues. It is directly linked to the professional activity carried out.

The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et mandataires judiciaires defines the general guidelines and the various subjects to which the training obligation relates. During the first two years of professional practice, the training includes at least ten hours relating to the ethics of judicial administrators and judicial representatives, the professional status and the management of an office.

The activities validated under the continuing training obligation are: 1° Participation in actions to adapt and develop skills, acquire, maintain or improve knowledge and training relating to the economy and management of the company. The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires (National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives) selects from among these those it considers to be a priority; 2° Attendance at colloquia, conferences or seminars,…

The training mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 814-28-4 shall be completed with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, university establishments or training bodies, registered or having filed a declaration of activity in the process of being registered, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 6351-1 to L. 6351-8 and R. 6351-1 to R. 6351-7of the Labour Code.

Organisations providing training as defined in 1° to 4° of article R. 814-28-4 shall issue the person who has completed the activities validated as continuing education with a certificate stating the objectives, content, duration and date of completion of the activity. In the case of a symposium, conference or seminar, this document attests to the professional’s attendance at the event.

Administrators judiciaire and mandataires judiciaires shall declare, by 31 January at the latest, to the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et mandataires judiciaires the conditions under which they have fulfilled their continuing training obligation during the past year. The supporting documents needed to verify compliance with this obligation are attached to this declaration. The National Council sends the coordinating magistrate mentioned in the second paragraph of the article R. 811-40,…