Title I: General provisions

Apprenticeships contribute to the nation’s educational objectives. It contributes to professional integration. Its purpose is to provide workers who have fulfilled their compulsory schooling obligation with general, theoretical and practical training, with a view to obtaining a vocational qualification attested by a diploma or professional qualification registered in the National Vocational Certification Register. The training is free of charge for the apprentice and his/her legal representative. Subject to article L….

Apprenticeship is a form of alternating education combining : 1° Training in one or more companies, based on the performance of one or more professional activities directly related to the qualification covered by the contract between the apprentice and the employer ; 2° tuition provided during working hours in an apprentice training centre, some or all of which may be provided by distance learning. The duration of training in the…

I.-The region may contribute to the financing of apprentice training centres where this is justified by regional planning and economic development needs that it identifies. It may : 1° With regard to operating costs, increase the funding of apprenticeship contracts provided by skills operators, under the conditions set out in article L. 6332-14 ; 2° For capital expenditure, pay grants. II-The amount of operating and investment expenditure committed and mandated,…

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Chambers of Trades and Crafts and the Chambers of Agriculture exercise their powers in respect of apprenticeships within the framework of this Book. They participate in initial or continuing vocational training, in particular through the public and private educational establishments that they create, manage or finance. They contribute to the development of apprenticeships by carrying out the following tasks: 1° Assisting companies that…