A list of 150 jobs has been defined intended for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals who remain subject to work authorisation during the transitional period which began on 1 January 2007.
 

View the list of 150 occupations (decree dated January 18, 2008 - Official Journal dated 01/20/2008)

A new decree, dated 11 August 2011, with regard to the issuing of work permits to nationals from third countries without opposition to the employment market, has just been published. It sets out the list of 14 so-called shortage professions, on a national level.
 

View the list of 14 occupations for third country nationals (decree dated August 11, 2011 - Official Journal dated 08/12/2011).
 

In addition to the 14 jobs on the national list, which come under common law, concerted migratory flow management agreements, signed between France and various countries of origin define enlarged lists of critical jobs.

Benin - 16 occupations : View the list

Burkina Faso - 64 occupations : View the list
 

Congo - 15 occupations : View the list

Gabon - 9 occupations : View the list

Mauritius - 61 occupations : View the list

Senegal - 108 occupations : View the list

Tunisia - 77 occupations : View the list