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Article R6422-6 of the French Labour Code

An employee who has benefited from a leave of absence to carry out actions to validate acquired experience may not claim, in the same company, to benefit from a new leave of absence for the same purpose before one year, with the exception of candidates who have obtained one or more parts of the certification for the additional assessment provided for inarticle L. 335-5 of the Education Code.

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Article R6422-7-1 of the French Labour Code

Leave for validation of prior learning takes place outside the period of performance of the fixed-term employment contract. It begins no later than twelve months after the end of the contract. By way of derogation, leave to validate experience may be taken, at the request of the employee and with the agreement of the employer, in whole or in part before the end of the employment contract.

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Article D6422-8 of the French Labour Code

Employees taking leave to validate their experience are entitled to remuneration equal to that which they would have received if they had remained at their place of work, up to a limit of twenty-four hours, continuous or discontinuous, per validation. However, this limit may be increased by agreement or collective labour agreement for workers who have not attained a level 4 qualification, as defined by the national framework of professional…

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Article R6422-8-1 of the French Labour Code

When the validation of acquired experience takes place during working hours, as part of the skills development plan, the mobilisation of the personal training account, a leave to validate acquired experience or retraining or promotion through work-linked training, the hours devoted to it constitute actual working time and give rise to continued remuneration. When actions to validate acquired experience take place outside working hours, as part of the skills development…

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Article R6422-9 of the French Labour Code

The costs of procedures and support relating to the validation of prior learning include : 1° Travel, meal and accommodation expenses ; 2° The costs of examining the admissibility file as defined inarticle R. 335-7 of the Education Code; 3° The costs of accompanying the candidate as defined in article R. 6423-3 ; 4° The costs incurred by any compulsory or additional training recommended to the candidate by the Ministry…

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Article R6422-10 of the French Labour Code

Failure by the candidate to submit a document attesting to the admissibility of his application for validation of prior learning constitutes grounds for refusal by the employer, the bodies mentioned in article L. 6316-1 or the body managing the information system for the personal training account, as the case may be, to cover the expenses mentioned in article R. 6422-9 . The latter may also refuse to cover the expenses…

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Article R6422-11 of the French Labour Code

When the costs of actions to validate prior learning are covered by the employer or by one or more of the bodies mentioned in article L. 6316-1, in the absence of mobilisation of the personal training account, an agreement is concluded between: 1° The candidate for validation of prior learning; 2° The funder(s) of the actions enabling validation of prior learning; 3° The body or each of the bodies involved…

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