Section 5: Placement

The activity of artistic agent, whether it is exercised under the name of impresario, manager or under any other name, consists of receiving a mandate for consideration from one or more performing artists for the purpose of placing and representing their professional interests. A Conseil d’Etat decree sets out the terms of the written mandate referred to in the first paragraph and the respective obligations of the parties. No person…

The activity of an artistic agent is commercial in nature within the meaning of the Commercial Code.

Subject to compliance with the incompatibility set out in article L. 7121-9, an artistic agent may produce a live performance within the meaning of Chapter II, if he holds a live performance entrepreneur’s licence. In this case, he may not receive any commission on all the artists making up the cast of the show.