Section 3: Employment contract.

Any contract by which a person secures, in return for remuneration, the services of an entertainer with a view to its production, is presumed to be a contract of employment where the entertainer does not carry out the activity which is the subject of the contract under conditions requiring his registration in the Trade and Companies Register.

The presumption of the existence of a contract of employment subsists regardless of the method and amount of remuneration, or the classification given to the contract by the parties. This presumption applies even if it is proven that the artist retains the freedom to express his art, that he owns all or part of the equipment used or that he himself employs one or more people to assist him, provided…

The presumption of salaried employment provided for in article L. 7121-3 does not apply to artists who are recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area where they usually provide similar services and who come to France to exercise their activity, through the provision of services, on a temporary and self-employed basis.

The employment contract of a performing artist is an individual one.

The employment contract may be common to several artists when it concerns artists performing in the same number or musicians belonging to the same orchestra. In this case, the employment contract identifies all the artists hired by name and includes the amount of salary allocated to each of them. It may be signed by a single artist, provided that the signatory has received a written mandate from each of the…

Employers falling within the scope of application of the one-stop shop set out in article L. 7122-22 must, in the absence of contractual provisions specific to performing artists and technicians in respect of their main activity, when they employ a performing artist or technician, ensure that they benefit from the provisions of a collective agreement for performing activities and refer to it in the declaration of employment form.