Lenders and credit intermediaries shall ensure that the staff defined in article D. 314-22 fulfil the conditions of professional competence resulting from:
1° Either a diploma mentioned in the agreement of 10 June 2011 on vocational training, concluded within the framework of the national collective agreement for banking and made compulsory by the order of 5 July 2012 extending a rider and agreements concluded within the framework of the national collective agreement for banking (no. 2120), with the exception of first-level banking training (BP banque) ; or a diploma attesting to a course of higher education at a level corresponding to level 5 of the national framework of professional qualifications relating to finance, banking, management, economics, law or insurance; or a business diploma attesting to a course of higher education at Level I.
If this diploma is acquired in France, it is registered in the national directory of professional certifications mentioned in the article L. 6113-5 du code du travail and falls within a training nomenclature specified by order of the Minister for the Economy, or is awarded on behalf of the State in accordance with articles L. 613-1, L. 641-4 and L. 641-5 of the Education Code.
If this diploma is acquired abroad, it is recognised by the ENIC-NARIC France Centre, attached to France Education international mentioned in article R. 314-51 of the Education Code, on the basis of a certificate of comparability;
2° Or vocational training adapted to the performance of credit transactions, taken:
a) With a credit institution, a finance company mentioned in Title I of Book V of the code monétaire et financier;
b) With a training organisation chosen by the person concerned or their employer under the conditions set out in Article D. 314-26.
The professional training programme and the minimum duration of training are set by order of the Minister for the Economy;
3° Or professional experience:
a) For a period of one year in duties relating to the performance of activities involving the preparation, proposal or granting of credit agreements referred to in this Title within the last three years, or;
b) For a period of three years in duties relating to the performance of activities involving the preparation, proposal or granting of credit agreements referred to in this Title within the last ten years.
This professional experience must be combined with professional training adapted to the performance of credit transactions, under the conditions set out in 2° above, the minimum duration of which is set by order of the Minister responsible for the economy.
However, the staff of intermediaries who provide proof of professional competence under articles R. 519-8 and R. 519-9 of the Monetary and Financial Code are deemed to meet the conditions of professional competence mentioned in this article.