Part Six: Lifelong vocational training

Employers’ groups for integration and qualification that organise pathways to integration and qualification as part of a professionalisation contract or apprenticeship contract may receive State aid. Eligible for this aid are groups of employers for integration and qualification that organise personalised support towards employment for people experiencing particular integration difficulties and meeting the characteristics set out in the specifications mentioned in article D. 1253-45.

In order to benefit from the aid provided for in article D. 6325-23, employer groups must sign an agreement with the Prefect. This agreement specifies: 1° The forecast number of support measures eligible for this aid during the year; 2° The sectors of activity concerned, the qualifications being prepared for and the workstations for which the beneficiaries of the contract are hired; 3° The content and procedures for implementing personalised…

The employers’ group receiving the aid provided for in article D. 6325-23 draws up an annual report on the implementation of the agreement.

The State aid provided for in articles D. 6325-23 and D. 6325-24 is allocated each year, depending on the number of support sessions planned by the employers’ group. It is calculated on a flat-rate basis per support and per year, the amount of which is set by joint order of the ministers responsible for employment and the budget. It may be combined with the exemptions provided for in articles L….

State aid is paid in the amount of 75% of the amount forecast at the time the agreement is signed.The balance is paid after examination of the agreement performance report by the regional directorate for business, competition, consumption, labour and employment.

If the review of the implementation report shows that the number of support measures carried out is less than that provided for in the agreement or that the content and methods of implementation of the support measures do not comply with the agreement, the corresponding sums are deducted from the balance of the aid still to be paid and, where applicable, repaid to the Treasury for the part exceeding the…