Producer based abroad, exemption from the obligation to apply for a temporary entertainment promoter
Monday, 20 June 2005
“As a drama centre established in Quebec, we will be giving fifteen performances in France next May in four different venues (all of them are theatres that have entertainment promoter licences). We have signed turnkey contracts with the theatres. The DRAC (regional cultural affairs agency) requires use to obtain a temporary entertainment promoter’s licence for this series of performances. We have been told that a rule stipulates that we have to apply for this licence for more than six performances. Is that indeed the case?”
This limit of six performances does not concern living entertainment promoters established abroad but rather organizations established in France.
There are indeed specific provisions for living entertainment promoters established abroad if they come and operate in France. Article 4 of the ordinance dated 13 October 1945 amended by the law of 18 march 1999 states that “if the entertainment promoter is not established in France and does not have a permit deemed equivalent, he must :
- either apply for a licence for the period in which the public performances are scheduled ;
- or file a statement with the relevant authority one month before the scheduled date of the public performances. In the latter case, a contract must be drawn up with an entertainment promoter having a licence matching one of the three categories listed in article 1-1. The contract is a service contract in the sense of article L. 341-5 of the labour code”.
See Entertainment promoter based abroad - Work permit in France, formalities
