Where the provisions of article L. 2223-49, the competent authority may require the applicant to complete, at his or her discretion, an adaptation course or take an aptitude test prior to recognition of qualification, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat :
– when the applicant’s training relates to subjects that are substantially different in terms of content from the subjects required by the training on national territory and knowledge of which is essential to his practice;
– or when the activity in question is not regulated in the applicant’s State of origin and the training required in France relates to subjects that are substantially different from those covered by the attestation of competence or the applicant’s diploma, certificate or title.
The competent authority must, however, first check whether the knowledge, skills and competences acquired by the applicant in the course of professional experience or lifelong learning and duly validated for this purpose by a competent body are such as to cover, in whole or in part, this substantial difference.