Freelance artist from a non-community country (example: Croatia)

First of all, this Croatian artist cannot be paid on the basis of an invoice.

Given the presumption of salaried status for living entertainment artists as stipulated in article L762-1 of the labour code, the artist must be hired under an employment contract.

You are thus required to:

• apply for a temporary work permit, because she stays for no longer than two weeks at a time (See Foreign artist – Residence and work permit and the News section, Issuing entertainment artists and technicians with temporary work permits) ;
• register her and pay all the relevant social welfare contributions for living entertainment artists (See Foreign artist hired by a company based in France ).

We should also point out that, despite the bilateral agreement on social security between France and Croatia, this agreement only applies to salaried employees. It does thus not apply to non-salaried workers. This agreement, like most bilateral social security agreements entered into by France, does not exempt non-salaried artists from registering in the French system and paying contributions on services performed in France.

Nb > Some bilateral agreements also cover non-salaried workers (see sections Your questions,  Engaging American artists in France, welfare contributions due in France ).