European salaried artist employed by an entity established in France
Monday, 04 July 2005
“Could you enlighten me further to two telephone conversations I have had: one with the Annecy Assédic (French unemployment benefit office), who told me that Assédic contributions are payable at the same rate as for French artists even for artists from the European Union; the other with Audiens, who told me that, as an employer, I am supposed to contribute for European artists at the same rates as for French artists?”
Indeed, the general principle is that registration and welfare contributions are the same for a French or foreign artist (See Foreign artist hired by a company based in France: social welfare scheme ).
For European artists, there are two cases in which the employer is not required to register the artists under the French social security, unemployment benefit and private pension schemes and pay the relevant contributions, in view of community regulations (See Foreign artist hired by a company based in France: social welfare scheme, artist(s) from the European Economic Area ).
Apart from these two cases, contributions for artists who are community nationals are the same as those that apply to a French artist (See Foreign artist hired by a company based in France: social welfare scheme, artist(s) from a non-community country ).
Moreover, the Audiens group has drafted an explanatory note entitled “Foreign artists”, which you can request, and which covers the case of foreign artists who are European Union nationals in detail.
