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Minister of Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity,
Considering the Labour Code, including articles L. 133-1 and following;
In view of the decree of 5 July 2000 and the successive decrees, including the decree of 29 November 2007 , extending the national collective agreement of private education at a distance of 21 June 1999 and of texts amending or supplementing it;
Having regard to Act No. 1 of 2 July 2007 to the Agreement of 4 December 2006 on the Access of Employees to Vocational Training, concluded under the aforementioned collective agreement;
Considering the request for extension submitted by signatory organizations;
Considering the opinion published in the Official Journal of 10 November 2007;
Considering the opinions collected during the investigation;
Having regard to the reasoned opinion of the National Collective Bargaining Commission (subcommission of agreements and agreements), rendered in session on 12 February 2008,
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Retentions are mandatory, for all employers and all employees included in the scope of the national collective agreement of the distance private education of 21 June 1999, the provisions of Act No. 1 of 2 July 2007 to the agreement of 4 December 2006, relating to the access of employees to the vocational training, concluded in the framework of the aforementioned collective agreement, excluding the terms "2 and" of the last paragraph of Article 1
The first paragraph of section 1-1 is extended subject to the application of provisions of 1° of Article L. 930-1 of the Labour Code, under which training actions organized under the training plan are initiated by the employer.
The second sentence of the second paragraph of section 2-3 is extended subject to the application of provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 933-1 of the Labour Code, under which periods of absence of the employee for a family support leave are fully taken into account in calculating the entitlements open under the individual right to training (DIF).
The first paragraph of section 2-5 is extended subject to the application of provisions of Article L. 931-20-2 of the Labour Code under which fixed-term employees can benefit from the DIF after a period of 4 months.
The extension of the effects and sanctions of the above-mentioned actor shall be made on the date of the publication of this order for the remaining period and the conditions provided for by the said actor.
The Director General of Labour is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, February 21, 2008.
For the Minister and by delegation:
Deputy Director of Individual Relations
and collective labour,
E. Frichet-Thirion
Note. ― The text of the above-mentioned decision was published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry, fascicle collective agreements no. 2007/39, available at the Directorate of Official Journals, 26, rue Desaix, 75727 Paris Cedex 15, at a price of EUR 7.80.
