Part Six: Lifelong vocational training

Applications for registration of proposed qualifications under Article L. 6113-6 are examined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The extent to which the knowledge and skills targeted match the needs of the labour market ; 2° The quality of the skills reference framework and the assessment reference framework as well as their overall consistency and the absence of literal reproduction of all or part of the content of…

The Director General of France Compétences, by a decision published in the Journal officiel de la République française (Official Journal of the French Republic) and made available online on the France Compétences website, decides on the registration of professional qualifications in the national register of professional qualifications under the procedure provided for in II of Article L. 6113-5 and the registration of qualifications and authorisations in the specific register under…

The Chairman of the Professional Certification Commission notifies the ministries and certifying bodies of requests for total or partial correspondence in application of article L. 6113-7. The ministries and certifying bodies have a period of six months from this notification to submit their written observations. At the end of this period and in the light of the observations made, the Professional Certification Committee will confirm, amend or reject its initial…

No person may hold, de jure or de facto, a management or administrative position in a certifier body within the meaning of article L. 6113-2 if he has been convicted of a crime or offence contrary to good character and morality. This condition of good repute is assessed at the time of application for registration of a proposed professional qualification or certification or authorisation in the national registers and at…

The ministries and certifying bodies ensure that the information communicated to the public relating to the professional qualifications, certifications or authorisations registered in the national registers complies with the information transmitted to the Director General of France Compétences for the assessment of the examination criteria set out in Articles R. 6113-9 and R. 6113-11, whether this information is transmitted by them or by the bodies they authorise to prepare for…

At least every two years, the ministries and certifying bodies provide the Director General of France Compétences with statistical data on the professional integration of holders of vocational qualifications registered in the National Vocational Qualifications Register under II of article L. 6113-5.

When applying for registration, the ministries and certifying bodies inform the Director General of France Compétences of the authorisations they have issued to bodies to prepare for the acquisition, assessment or issue of professional qualifications and certifications and authorisations, in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Minister for Vocational Training. The ministries and certifying bodies must notify the Director General of France Compétences of any changes to…

I.-The Director General of France Compétences may, in particular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enabling him to ensure, for the duration of the registration, that the condition of good repute set out in Article R. 6113-14, compliance with the obligation relating to the information provided to the public under article R….