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Article L8124-1 of the French Labour Code

A code of ethics for the public labour inspection service, drawn up by decree by the Conseil d’Etat, sets out the rules to be observed by its employees and their rights in respect of the prerogatives and guarantees granted to them for the performance of their duties as defined in particular by Conventions No. 81 and No. 129 of the International Labour Organisation on labour inspection and in this Book…

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Article L8211-1 of the French Labour Code

The following offences constitute illegal employment under the conditions laid down in this book: 1° Concealed work ; 2° Merchanting ; 3° Illegal loan of labour ; 4° Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work; 5° Illegal concurrent employment; 6° Fraud or false declaration as provided for in articles L. 5124-1 and L. 5429-1.

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Article L8221-1 of the French Labour Code

The following are prohibited 1° Total or partial concealment of work, as defined and performed under the conditions set out in Articles L. 8221-3 and L. 8221-5; 2° Advertising, by any means whatsoever, tending to knowingly encourage concealed work; 3° Knowingly using, directly or through an intermediary, the services of a person engaged in concealed work.

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Article L8221-3 of the French Labour Code

Any person who intentionally fails to fulfil his or her obligations is deemed to have engaged in undeclared work by concealing his or her activity, by carrying out for profit an activity of production, processing, repair or provision of services or by carrying out commercial acts: 1° Either has not applied for registration in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector or in…

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Article L8221-4 of the French Labour Code

The activities referred to in Article L. 8221-3 are presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be carried out on a profit-making basis: 1° Either when they are carried out with recourse to advertising in any form whatsoever with a view to seeking customers; 2° or when their frequency or importance is established; 3° Or when invoicing is absent or fraudulent; 4° Or when, in the case…

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Article L8221-5 of the French Labour Code

Any employer is deemed to have engaged in concealed work by concealing the employment of a salaried employee: 1° Intentionally fails to comply with the formalities set out in article L. 1221-10, relating to the declaration prior to recruitment ; 2° Intentionally failing to issue a pay slip or an equivalent document defined by regulation, or mentioning on the pay slip or equivalent document a number of hours worked that…

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Article L8221-6 of the French Labour Code

I.-The following are presumed not to be linked to the principal by an employment contract in the performance of the activity giving rise to registration: 1° Natural persons registered in the trade and companies register, in the national register of companies as a company in the trades and crafts sector, in the register of commercial agents or with the unions de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d’allocations familiales…

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Article L8221-7 of the French Labour Code

Any person who publishes, disseminates or causes to be disseminated by any means an offer of service or sale or an advertisement intended to make his professional activity known to the public must: 1° When subject to compliance with the formalities mentioned in Articles L. 8221-3 and L. 8221-5: a) To mention an identification number provided for by decree in the Conseil d’Etat or, for a company in the process…

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