When the work of a professional journalist gives rise to publication under the conditions defined in article L. 132-37 of the French Intellectual Property Code, the remuneration he or she receives is a salary.
The mandatory negotiations referred to in articles L. 2241-1 and L. 2241-8 also cover the salaries paid to professional journalists who contribute, on a permanent or occasional basis, to the production of a press title.
The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros: 1° Either knowingly making an inaccurate statement with a view to obtaining a professional journalist’s identity card or an honorary professional journalist’s identity card; 2° Using a fraudulently obtained, expired or cancelled card to benefit from the advantages offered by these cards; 3° Knowingly issuing false certificates in order to obtain one of these cards. The…
The provisions of this Code are applicable to performing artists, subject to the specific provisions of this chapter.
The following in particular are considered to be performing artists: 1° Lyric artists ; 2° dramatic artists 3° choreographic artists ; 4° Variety artists 5° Musician ; 6° chansonnier ; 7° Complementary artist 8° Conductor 9° Arranger-orchestrator; 10° stage director, film director and choreographer, for the material execution of their artistic concept; 11° A circus artist; 12° Puppeteers; 13° Persons whose activity is recognised as a performer’s profession by the…
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…
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