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Article L6353-3 of the French Labour Code

When a natural person undertakes training, on an individual basis and at their own expense, a contract is concluded between them and the training provider. This contract is concluded before the trainee’s definitive enrolment and any payment of fees.

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Article L6353-4 of the French Labour Code

The contract concluded between the natural person undertaking the training and the training provider must specify, on pain of nullity : 1° The nature, duration, programme and purpose of the training courses it provides for, as well as the number of people involved; 2° The level of prior knowledge required to follow the training and obtain the qualifications for which it provides preparation; 3° The conditions under which the training…

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Article L6353-6 of the French Labour Code

No sum may be demanded from the trainee before the expiry of the withdrawal period provided for in Article L. 6353-5. No more than 30% of the agreed price may be paid on expiry of this period. The balance is paid in instalments as the training course progresses.

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Article L6353-7 of the French Labour Code

If, as a result of duly recognised force majeure, the trainee is prevented from following the training course, he may terminate the contract. In this case, only the services actually provided will be remunerated in proportion to their contractual value.

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Article L6353-8 of the French Labour Code

The objectives and content of the training, the list of trainers and teachers, the timetable, the assessment procedures, the contact details of the person in charge of relations with the trainees or apprentices by the entity commissioning the training and the internal rules applicable to the training are made available to the trainee and apprentice before their definitive enrolment. In the case of contracts concluded in application of article L….

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Article L6353-9 of the French Labour Code

The information requested, in any form whatsoever, by a training organisation from a candidate for a course as defined in article L. 6313-1, a trainee or an apprentice, may only be used to assess his ability to follow the course, whether it is requested, offered or continued. This information must have a direct and necessary link with the training course and must be provided in good faith.

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Article L6353-10 of the French Labour Code

The training organisations inform the organisations that finance the training, under conditions defined by decree, of the start, interruptions and completion of the training, for each of their trainees and apprentices, and provide them with the data relating to employment and the vocational training pathway that they have on these trainees and apprentices. The funding bodies, the body managing the information system for the personal training account referred to in…

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Article L6355-1 of the French Labour Code

Carrying out any of the activities referred to in article L. 6313-1 without filing a declaration of activity with the administrative authority as soon as the first vocational training agreement or contract is concluded, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6351-1, is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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