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Status of artists: France forced to review the copy

(B2) The European Court of Justice condemns France and asks it to review its legislation on the employment of artists. It considers that by "subjecting the granting of a license to artists' placement agents established in another Member State to the placement needs of artists (article L. 762-9 Labor Code) (and) by imposing a presumption employees who are recognized as service providers established in their Member State of origin where they usually provide similar services (article L. 762-1 Labor Code)", France contravenes the principle of freedom to provide services, guaranteed by the European Treaty. The Court recalls that this provision (Article 49 EC Treaty) "requires the abolition of any restriction on the freedom to provide services, even if this restriction applies without distinction (to all) national (or European) service providers, when it is such as to prohibit, hinder or render less attractive the activities of service providers from other Member States who legally provide similar services in their Member State of origin”. (ECJ, June 15, 2006, European Commission / France, case C-255/04)

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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