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Title IX: Professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector

Article R8291-1 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of this Title apply to employers established in France whose employees carry out, direct or organise, even on an occasional, incidental or secondary basis, on a building or public works site, excavation, earthworks, drainage, construction, assembly and dismantling of prefabricated elements, interior or exterior fittings or equipment, refurbishment or renovation, demolition or conversion, cleaning, maintenance or upkeep of works, repairs, painting and cleaning relating to these works and…

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Article R8291-1-1 of the French Labour Code

The request referred to in Article L. 8291-3 shall be accompanied by a detailed description of the work or operations to be performed by the employee(s) concerned. It shall be submitted, by any means that confers a date certain on its receipt, to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment of the region in which the company is established or the establishment employing the employees concerned is…

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Article R8291-2 of the French Labour Code

The association known as “Congés intempéries BTP-Union des caisses de France”, referred to in this Title as the “union des caisses”, issues the professional identification card referred to in Article L. 8291-1. It is responsible for the administrative, technical and financial management of this card. The accounts of the operations of the union des caisses relating to its management of this card are separate from those relating to the other…

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Article R8291-3 of the French Labour Code

The costs involved in managing the building and public works professional identification card are covered by a fee, the amount of which is set by the union mentioned in article R. 8291-2 and charged to the employers mentioned in the first, second, third and fourth paragraphs of article R. 8291-1 or, where applicable, to the companies using seconded temporary employees. The proceeds of this fee may not be used to…

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Article R8291-4 of the French Labour Code

The personal data collected by the union of funds mentioned in Article R. 8291-2 as part of the management of the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector may not be used for purposes other than those defined by this Title.

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Article R8292-1 of the French Labour Code

The professional identification card is a secure individual card intended for any employee carrying out one or more of the building or public works jobs listed in the first paragraph of article R. 8291-1. The card is the property of the union of funds mentioned in article R. 8291-2. It bears the logos of the “Marianne” and the union des caisses. It contains the following information 1° The identity of…

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Article R8292-2 of the French Labour Code

In addition to the information given in Article R. 8292-1 , the following information is given on the professional identification card: 1° For employees of the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 8291-1, the following information: a) The business name of the company or the name of the employer preceded by the words “Employer:” in the case of a sole proprietorship, a company operating under its own…

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Article R8292-3 of the French Labour Code

The period of validity of an employee’s professional identification card is determined as follows: 1° For employees of the companies mentioned in the first and fourth paragraphs of article R. 8291-1, the period of validity of the card is that of the employee’s contract of employment with the company or, in the event of a succession of contracts, the total duration of these contracts ; 2° For temporary workers employed…

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