What France Code des Transports Maritime - Seafarer Employment, DGTM Flag Registration and Cabotage requires
France's Code des transports (Transport Code, consolidated in 2010) governs maritime activities in its 5th Book (Activites maritimes, Articles L5000 onwards); the maritime employment provisions (Articles L5541-L5552 for seafarer contracts, Articles L5521-L5535 for social protection) establish mandatory written seafarer employment contracts (contrats d'engagement maritime), collective bargaining agreement coverage, and ENIM (Etablissement National des Invalides de la Marine) pension and social security; the Direction generale des affaires maritimes, de la peche et de l'aquaculture (DGAMPA) is the primary authority responsible for seafarer certification, vessel registration, safety inspections, and STCW implementation; France maintains two ship registers: the Registre International Francais (RIF, created by Loi 2005-412) for flag competition with international standards, and the French Domestic Register (RF) for coastal and domestic vessels; EU cabotage Regulation 3577/92/EEC governs intra-Community maritime transport; Articles L5621-L5624 cover ship mortgages (hypotheque maritime); French-registered vessels must comply with MLC 2006 under Ordonnance 2015-1736 and SOLAS under national enforcement orders.
Pillar: Maritime & Shipping · Authority: Direction generale des affaires maritimes, de la peche et de l'aquaculture (DGAMPA); Ministere de la Transition ecologique, France · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/texte_lc/LEGITEXT000023086525/
SHA-256 integrity: 0f8e96b92053480a7f61f4b0a78ba682215ae58e9d87949dab04492d96eab5fc
Primary Citations — 6 traced to source
- Article L5542-1 (contrat d'engagement maritime - written form mandatory); Articles L5521-1 to L5535 (ENIM social security and pension); Articles L5611-1 to L5611-20 (Registre International Francais - RIF); Articles L5621-1 to L5624-6 (hypotheque maritime - ship mortgage) — Code des transports - Legifrance (Articles L5000 et suivants - Activites maritimes)
- STCW brevet issuance and endorsement; vessel registration (Acte de francisation); flag state inspection powers; MLC Maritime Labour Certificate (CML) issuance; DMLC Part I; safety certificate issuance (Load Line, Safety Equipment, Radio) — Direction generale des affaires maritimes, de la peche et de l'aquaculture (DGAMPA) - Reglementations maritimes
+ 4 more citations (full bibliography, deterministic workflow, actionable schema and crosswalks) included in the vault unlock — $0.01 via Skyfire / L402 / Direct Base USDC.
Access
- Discovery (free): /api/v1/nodes/france-code-des-transports-maritime-seafarer-employment.json — 6-field metadata
- Vault (full node): /api/v1/vault/nodes/france-code-des-transports-maritime-seafarer-employment.json — full 13-key payload, $0.01 USDC (L402/Skyfire/Direct Base)
- Canonical URL: https://bidda.com/intelligence/france-code-des-transports-maritime-seafarer-employment
- Back to registry: Browse all 10,099 compliance nodes