Chapter I: Competence of agents

The enforcement officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2, as well as the authorities responsible for coordinating their actions, may exchange any information and documents required to carry out their task of combating illegal employment with the officers vested with the same powers and the authorities responsible for coordinating their actions in foreign States. Where agreements are concluded with the authorities of these States, they shall set out the procedures…

The enforcement officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 are empowered to interview, at any place and with their consent, any employer or his representative and any person paid, having been paid or presumed to be or to have been paid by the employer or by a self-employed person, in order to ascertain the nature of that person’s activities, his conditions of employment and the amount of the remuneration relating…

For the purposes of investigating and establishing offences constituting illegal employment, the inspection officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 may be presented with and obtain immediate copies of documents proving compliance with the provisions of this Book and Chapter II of Title VI of Book II of Part One.

The control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers authorised by the Director of the Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, referred to in Article L. 634-1 of the Code de la sécurité intérieure, any information and documents enabling them to control persons carrying out private security activities in order to draw the consequences of a situation of illegal employment. The agents authorised…

The control officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall communicate their official reports relating to any of the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in 1° to 4° of article L. 8211-1 of this code to the collection bodies referred to in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code andarticle L. 723-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which shall proceed to collect the…

For the sole purpose of detecting illegal employment offences committed via electronic communications for which they are competent, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 and specially authorised for this purpose, under conditions specified by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, and the inspection officers mentioned in 4° and 8° of article L. 8271-1-2 may carry out the following acts under a…