Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

The declaration of activity provided for in Article L. 6351-2 is sent by the training provider to the competent regional prefect and, where the declaration is sent in accordance with the procedures defined in the second paragraph, to the Minister responsible for vocational training. It must be accompanied by the supporting documents mentioned in article R. 6351-5. It may be sent by electronic means, using the teleservice provided for in…

The body providing the service must declare itself to the competent regional prefect for the place where it has its principal place of business, the place where it is effectively managed or the place where it has its registered office.

Training organisations which carry out their activity on French territory, but whose registered office is outside this territory, shall appoint a representative domiciled in France authorised to respond on their behalf to the obligations resulting from this part and registered or having declared its activity to the single body mentioned inarticle R. 123-1 of the French Commercial Code. In this case, the organisation must declare itself to the regional prefect…

The declaration of activity indicates the name, address, purpose of the activity and legal status of the declarant. Where applicable, the organisation should mention any other activities it carries out in its declaration.

The declaration of activity must be accompanied by the following supporting documents: 1° A copy of the proof of attribution of the SIREN number; 2° Bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record of the director in the case of legal entities, or of the declarant in the case of natural persons; 3° A copy of the first vocational training agreement relating to one of the actions contributing to the development…

Within thirty days of receipt of the declaration completed with the supporting documents referred to in article R. 6351-5, the Regional Prefect will issue a receipt with a registration number to the organisation that satisfies the conditions for registration of the declaration of activity. Until this receipt is issued or the decision to refuse registration is notified, the organisation is deemed to have been declared. With the exception of the…

The decision to refuse registration is notified to the training provider by the Regional Prefect within thirty days of receipt of the declaration and supporting documents. If no response is received within this period, the declaration is deemed to have been registered.

Any person who holds, de jure or de facto, a managerial, apprentice-teaching or administrative position in a training organisation within the meaning of this Title must, at the request of the regional prefect with territorial jurisdiction, produce a bulletin no. 3 of their criminal record that is less than one month old.

At the request of the competent inspectorates, the private-law legal entities mentioned in 4° of article R. 6351-5 shall send them their articles of association.