Any company may take on an apprentice if the employer declares to the administrative authority that he is taking the necessary steps to organise the apprenticeship and if he guarantees that the company’s equipment, the techniques used, the working, health and safety conditions, the professional and teaching skills and the character of the persons responsible for the training are such as to enable satisfactory training.
This declaration lapses if the company has not signed an apprenticeship contract within five years of its notification.