Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Title V of Book III of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 6353-3 to L. 6353-7, applies to apprentice training centres. The specific provisions applicable to these bodies are set out in this Title.

The training centres providing the courses referred to in 4° of article L. 6313-1 have the following mission: 1° To support people, including those with disabilities, wishing to follow or change direction through apprenticeship, by developing their knowledge and skills and facilitating their integration into employment, in line with their career plan. For people with disabilities, the apprentice training centre helps them find an employer and facilitates their integration into…

All apprentice training centres provide for the creation of a development committee, whose role is to oversee the organisation and operation of the centre.

All apprentice training centres are required to set up cost accounting systems. The rules for implementing this cost accounting system and the threshold above which this obligation applies are set by order of the minister responsible for vocational training.

The articles of association of the training organisation that provides courses under 4° of article L. 6313-1 expressly mention the apprenticeship training activity in their object. This obligation does not apply to the company apprentice training centre mentioned in I of article L. 6241-2.

It is forbidden to give the name of apprentice training centre to an organisation whose declaration of activity has not been registered by the administrative authority in accordance with article L. 6351-1 and whose articles of association do not refer to apprenticeship, without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6231-5. Contravening the provisions of the first paragraph of this article is punishable by a fine of €4,500.

The motto of the Republic, the tricolour and the European flag are displayed on the facades of apprentice training centres. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 26 August 1789 is prominently displayed on the premises of the same establishments.