Chapter I: General provisions.

The provisions of this Title shall apply subject, where applicable, to those of treaties, conventions or agreements duly ratified or approved and published, and in particular the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the acts of the authorities of those Communities adopted in implementation of those Treaties.

The obligations and prohibitions that apply to French companies when they use service providers, in particular those relating to illegal employment mentioned in Article L. 8211-1, apply under the same conditions when the services are provided by companies established outside France that second staff to the national territory, in accordance with the procedures defined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

For the purposes of this Title, a seconded employee is any employee of an employer who is duly established and carries out his activity outside France and who, while habitually working on behalf of the latter outside the national territory, carries out his work at the request of this employer for a limited period on the national territory under the conditions defined in Articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 .