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Article L7123-2-1 of the French Labour Code

To work as a model, a medical certificate must be issued. This certificate attests that the overall assessment of the model’s state of health, assessed in particular with regard to their body mass index, is compatible with the exercise of their profession. An order by the Ministers of Health and Employment, issued after consultation with the Haute Autorité de santé, defines the terms and conditions for the application of the…

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Article L7123-4 of the French Labour Code

The presumption of the existence of a contract of employment subsists regardless of the method and amount of remuneration and the classification given to the contract by the parties. Nor is it destroyed by proof that the model retains complete freedom of action in the performance of her presentation work.

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Article L7123-4-1 of the French Labour Code

The presumption of salaried employment provided for in articles L. 7123-3 and L. 7123-4 does not apply to models who are recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, where they usually provide similar services, and who come to carry out their activity in France, through the provision of services, on a…

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Article L7123-6 of the French Labour Code

The remuneration due to the model for the sale or exploitation of the recording of his or her presentation by the employer or any other user shall not be considered as salary as soon as the physical presence of the model is no longer required to exploit this recording and this remuneration is not a function of the salary received for the production of his or her presentation, but is…

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Article L7123-7 of the French Labour Code

The salary received by a model for a given service may not be less than a minimum percentage of the sums paid on this occasion by the user to the modelling agency. This percentage is established, for the different types of service, by agreement or collective labour agreement.

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Article L7123-9 of the French Labour Code

Expenses advanced by the modelling agency for the promotion and development of the model’s career may only be reimbursed by means of successive deductions not exceeding a percentage of the amount of wages and remuneration payable. This percentage is determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L7123-10 of the French Labour Code

An employee with an employment contract with a modelling agency is entitled to an indemnity in lieu of paid leave for each assignment, regardless of the duration of the assignment. The amount of the indemnity, calculated on the basis of this duration, may not be less than one tenth of the total remuneration due to the employee. The allowance is paid at the end of the service.

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