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This article examines the legal regimes of conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts in France. French law has some of the characteristics that contribute to designing a regulations on the conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts in Korea. In France, fixed-term contracts are strictly regulated and are only permissible in certain legally authorized situations in order to perform a specific, temporary task. In any case, under French law, a fixed-term contract cannot be used for a position that relates to the company‘s narmal and permanent businsee activities. Otherwise, there is a risk that the fixed-term contract could be deemed to be an indefinite-term contract. A fixed-term employment contract can only be concluded for the following reason: (ⅰ) Replacement of a temporarily absent employee (ⅱ) Temporary increase of activity (ⅲ) Seasonal work (ⅳ) In certain business sectors where it is common practice not to conclude permanent employment contracts givens the type of the work performed or the temporary nature of the jobs. In addition, there are certain circumstances under which it is prohibited to conclude a fixed-term contract. These include hiring a fixed-term employee due to a temporary increase in activity if the company has dismissed an employee from that position for economic reasons in the last six months, hiring a fixed-term employee in order to replace a striking employee, or to perform work that is officially classified as dangerous. In France, fixed-term contracts can be concluded for a specified duration(contrat de date à date) or as a form of open-ended fixed-term contracts(contrat sans terme précis) according to a nature of grounds for concluding a fixed-Term contract. France law restricts a maximum duration, a number of renewal and the use of successive fixed-Term contracts.