{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-43/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/43",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-43",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Combination of practical training and theoretical instruction",
  "text": "1. Member States may provide that periods of theoretical instruction in the fields referred to in Article 8 shall count towards the periods of professional activity referred to in Article 11, provided that such instruction is attested by an examination recognised by the State. Such instruction shall not last less than one year, nor may it reduce the period of professional activity by more than four years.\n2. The period of professional activity and practical training shall not be shorter than the course of theoretical instruction together with the practical training required in Article 10.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/43/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:36.741061+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}