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UNEDIC
__NOTOC__UNEDIC is the acronym of "Union nationale interprofessionnelle pour l’emploi dans l’industrie et le commerce" (National Professional Union for Employment in Industry and Trade). It was created in 1958. Until 2009, it was an agency of the French government which provided unemployed people with social benefits. In 2009, it was merged with the ANPE into the newly created agency Pôle emploi, and was turned into an independent association.