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Chapter II: Declaration and approval of organisations and implementation of activities

Article L7232-1 of the French Labour Code

Any legal entity or individual company carrying out the personal service activities listed below is subject to approval issued by the competent authority in accordance with quality criteria: 1° Childcare below an age limit set by joint order of the Minister for Employment and the Minister for the Family ; 2° Activities covered by 2° of article L. 7231-1, with the exception of activities for which the list is defined…

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Article L7232-1-1 of the French Labour Code

Any legal entity or sole proprietorship wishing to benefit from 1° and 2° of article L. 7233-2 and article L. 7233-3 must declare its activity to the competent authority in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, provided that it carries out its activity on an exclusive basis.

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Article L7232-1-2 of the French Labour Code

The following are exempt from the condition of exclusive activity laid down by Articles L. 7232-1-1, L. 7233-2 and L. 7233-3: 1° For their home help activities: a) Intermediary associations ; a bis) Neighbourhood associations. A decree defines the conditions for their approval and the exemption from the exclusive activity clause from which they benefit; b) Municipalities, communal or inter-communal social action centres and competent public establishments for inter-communal cooperation;…

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Article L7232-4 of the French Labour Code

Notwithstanding article L. 313-1-1 du code de l’action sociale et des familles, the serviced residences mentioned in 5° of article L. 7232-1-2 of this code which manage home help services provided to the persons mentioned in article L. 7231-1 who reside there are authorised under article L. 313-1-2 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, subject to compliance with the national specifications provided for in article L. 313-1-3…

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Article L7232-6 of the French Labour Code

The legal entities or sole proprietorships referred to in Articles L. 7232-1, L. 7232-1-1 and L. 7232-1-2 may carry out their activity in the following ways: 1° Placing workers with natural persons who are employers and, on behalf of the latter, carrying out the administrative formalities and social security and tax declarations relating to the employment of these workers; 2° The recruitment of workers in order to place them at…

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Article L7232-7 of the French Labour Code

A decree by the Conseil d’Etat determines the conditions for issuing, checking and withdrawing approval for the legal entities or individual companies mentioned in articles L. 7232-1 and L. 7232-1-2, in particular the specific conditions to which those whose activity involves childcare or assistance for elderly, disabled or dependent people are subject and the procedures for implementing the system of implicit acceptance of this approval.

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Article L7232-8 of the French Labour Code

When it is established that a legal entity or sole proprietorship mentioned in Articles L. 7232-1 and L. 7232-1-1 is not engaged exclusively in an activity provided for in Article L. 7231-1, it loses the benefit of 1° and 2° of Article L. 7233-2 and Article L. 241-10 of the Social Security Code. It may not benefit from these advantages again when making a new declaration until after a period…

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Article L7232-9 of the French Labour Code

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in article L. 8112-1, the competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers are responsible for recording, by means of official reports, breaches of the provisions relating to the invoicing of services. To this end, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers have the powers provided for in articles L. 450-3, L. 450-7 and L. 450-8 of the French Commercial Code.

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