French Labour Code
In forceI.-Payment of the training costs borne by the skills operators is made once the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1 have been carried out.
II - For the actions mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 6313-1, the parties may agree to stagger the payments as the training actions are carried out. This staggering may be accompanied by an advance payment, the amount of which may not exceed 30% of the agreed price.
III - For the actions mentioned in 4° of article L. 6313-1, the skills operator pays the apprentice training centre an annual amount made up of the sum of the level of funding mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 6332-14 and the ancillary costs mentioned in 3° of the same article, in accordance with the following payment procedures:
1° No later than 30 days after receipt of an invoice from the apprentice training centre, an advance of 40% of the annual amount ;
2° Before the end of the seventh month, 30% of the annual amount;
3° The balance in the tenth month.
IV - By way of derogation from III, where the duration of the contract is less than one year :
1° The amount is calculated pro rata temporis on the basis of the level of funding referred to in 1° of I of Article L. 6332-14 for the duration of the apprenticeship contract;
2° The amount may be increased by 10% pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 6222-7-1. The payment to the training centre in respect of this contract may not, however, exceed the level of assumption of costs determined pursuant to Decree no. 2018-1345 of 28 December 2018 relating to the procedures for determining the levels of assumption of costs for apprenticeship contracts.
When the apprenticeship contract prepares the trainee for a vocational qualification from the Ministry responsible for vocational training and when the duration of the contract has been set at less than one year by regulation, 1° and 2° do not apply.
The apprentice training centre receives an advance of 50% of this amount no later than thirty days after receipt of the invoice by the skills operator and the balance at the end of the contract.
V.-Where the duration of the contract exceeds one year, the payment procedures set out in the first paragraph of III apply for each year of performance. For the final year of the contract, the amount is calculated on a pro rata basis according to the level of funding referred to in 1° of I of article L. 6332-14.
VI - In the event of early termination of the apprenticeship contract, payment is made pro rata temporis for the duration of the apprenticeship contract.
Payment is due for each month of the apprenticeship contract commenced.
In the case provided for in articles L. 6222-12-1 and R. 6222-1-1, and after an apprenticeship contract has been signed, the amount paid by the skills operators takes into account the period spent in an apprentice training centre prior to the signing of the contract.
In the case provided for in Article L. 6222-18-2, the skills operator will maintain the payments at the level of funding determined in Article L. 6332-14, until a new apprenticeship contract is signed or the six-month period expires.
VII - The payment procedures mentioned in III of this article may be modified by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training.
