Chapter I: Principles.

The activity of placement consists of providing, on a regular basis, services aimed at matching job offers with job applications, without the person carrying out this activity becoming a party to the employment relationships that may result from it. The provision of placement services may be carried out on a profit-making basis. Temporary employment agencies may provide placement services within the meaning of this article.

No placement service may be refused to a person seeking employment or to an employer on the basis of one of the grounds of discrimination listed in Article L. 1132-1. No offer of employment may contain any reference to one of the characteristics mentioned in this article.

No direct or indirect remuneration may be demanded from jobseekers in return for the provision of placement services, subject to the provisions of : 1° Article L. 7121-9, relating to the conditions of placement, for consideration, of performing artists ; 2° ofarticle L. 222-6 of the French Sports Code, relating to the conditions for exercising the activity of sports agent.