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The [[cartel]] is essentially a study group consisting of three to five people (though [[Lacan]] considers four the optimum number), plus a supervisor (known as a "[[plus-one]]"; [[Fr]]. ''[[plus-un]]'') who moderates the group's work.  A [[cartel]] is created when a group of people decide to work together on a particular aspect of [[psychoanalytic theory]] which is of interest to them, and it is then registered in the [[school]]'s list of [[cartels]].

Although participation in [[cartels]] plays an important part in the [[training]] (''[[formation]]'') of [[Lacan]]ian [[analysts]], membership of [[cartels]] is not restricted to members of the [[school]].  Indeed, [[Lacan]] welcomed the exchange of ideas between [[analysts]] and those from other disciplines, and saw the [[cartel]] as one [[structure]] which would serve to encourage this exchange.