Subsection 1: Purpose, organisation and operation

The purpose of vocational training centres is: 1° Either to provide workers with accelerated vocational training enabling them to practise a trade, adapt to a new trade or acquire a higher level vocational qualification; 2° Or to train the instructors required to provide this training.

Vocational training centres may be set up in the form of: 1° Company centres set up by a company in its own establishments; 2° Collective centres set up by employers’ or employees’ professional organisations, by public authorities or by associations whose purpose is vocational re-education.

Vocational training centres are subject to the declaration of activity provided for in Article L. 6351-1.

The management of company centres is subject to the control of the social and economic committee. The management of collective centres is subject to the control of a commission made up of three employers’ representatives and three employees’ representatives.

The business centres are set up in premises separate from the work premises, in such a way as to ensure that, while participating in the activity, where appropriate, employees are gradually trained or upgraded.

The accounts of the vocational training centre and the bank accounts that it opens are separate from those of the founding organisation. The accounts are kept in accordance with the rules laid down by a joint order of the ministers responsible for vocational training and finance.

In the event that a vocational training centre ceases to operate, the Minister responsible for vocational training will set the conditions under which the centre will be wound up or taken over by another group.