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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of apprenticeships.

Article L6223-1

Any company may take on an apprentice if the employer declares to the administrative authority that he is taking the necessary steps to organise the apprenticeship and if he guarantees that the compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-3

When the administrative authority decides that the current contracts cannot continue to be performed, the decision entails the termination of the contracts on the date of notification of this refusal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Suspension of performance of the contract and ban on recruitment.

Article L6225-6

The refusal decision by the Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may be accompanied by a ban on the employer recruiting new apprentices or young people on wor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-9

The State will pay the social insurance contributions and family allowances payable by the employer, as well as the statutory and contractual employee contributions and contributions made compulsory b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-12

All the provisions relating to apprenticeships apply to the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector, with the exception of articles L. 6222-5, L. 6222-13, L. 6222-16, L. 6222-31, L. 6222-39, L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of apprenticeships in apprentice training centres

Article L6232-1

An apprentice training centre may enter into an agreement with educational establishments, training organisations or companies under the terms of which the latter provide all or part of the teaching n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article L6243-1-2

…prenticeship contribution referred to in article L. 6242-1 in their recruitment of young people or adults through apprenticeship or professionalisation schemes. To this end, each year France Compétenc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6261-2

In the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin , a decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the special conditions for the application of this book to take account of local circumstances.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Training commitments.

Article L6223-2

The employer enrols the apprentice in an apprentice training centre providing the teaching corresponding to the training provided for in the contract. The choice of apprentice training centre is speci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Access to continuing vocational training.

Article L6312-2

Self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and self-employed workers, including those who do not employ any salaried workers, as well as their collaborating spouse or their partner spou…

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