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Publics concerned: users of the public service of higher education.
Subject: Enrolment of students in public higher education institutions and the course of the academic year.
Entry into force: immediate.
Notice: 1° Abolishment of regulatory deadlines for students to be enrolled in a higher education public institution.
These deadlines, which took place on 15 July for a first registration in a public higher education institution and on 15 October for another registration or re-registration, are deleted, given the possibilities of reorientation (and therefore of re-registration) offered to students as well as the dates shown for the start of the training modules of each institution;
2° Abolition of terminals of the academic year.
These terminals, which were fixed on 1 October and 30 June, are deleted. The academic year is now divided into two semesters and the date of university re-entry varies from the beginning of September to the beginning of the following calendar year according to the trainings. It is up to each public institution of higher education to set the beginning of the courses and the end of the academic year, like the dates of examination and the dates of holidays.
References: the text amended by this decree may be consulted, in its drafting, on the website Légifrance (http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/).
The Prime Minister,
On the report of the Minister of Higher Education and Research,
Considering the education code, including articles L. 612-3 and L. 711-1;
Vu le Decree No. 71-376 of 13 May 1971 amended on the registration of students in universities and public institutions of a scientific and cultural character independent of universities;
Considering the opinion of the National Council for Higher Education and Research of 21 June 2010,
Decrete:
The above-mentioned decree of 13 May 1971 is amended as follows:
1° In Article 7, the words: ", in accordance with the general measures provided for in Articles 8 and 9 below" are deleted;
2° Articles 8 and 9 are repealed;
3° Section 24-1 is replaced by the following:
"This decree, in its version in force on the date of entry into force of Decree No. 2010-1426 of 18 November 2010 amending Decree No. 71-376 of 13 May 1971 relating to the registration of students in universities and public institutions of a scientific and cultural character independent of universities and repealing the decree of March 21, 1959 amending the beginning and end of the academic year, is applicable in the Wallis-et-Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. »
Are repealed:
1° Article 43 of the Decree of 28 December 1885 on the organization of higher education faculties and schools;
2° The decree of March 21, 1959 amending the beginning and end of the academic year.
The Minister of the Interior, Overseas, Territorial and Immigration, the Minister of Higher Education and Research and the Minister to the Minister of the Interior, Overseas, Territorial and Immigration, in charge of the Overseas, are responsible, each with respect to it, for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, November 18, 2010.
François Fillon
By the Prime Minister:
Minister of Higher Education
and research,
Valérie Pécresse
The Minister of the Interior,
of the Overseas, territorial authorities
and immigration,
Brice Hortefeux
The Minister to the Minister of Interior,
of the Overseas, territorial authorities
and immigration,
loaded with the overseas,
Marie-Luce Penchard
