French Intellectual Property Code
In forceThe minimum wage paid in return for the commission of a still image, or a series of images with the same subject and produced in the same location, is determined on the basis of the time required to carry out the commission and on the basis of the minimum wages set for permanent journalists who are authors of still images by the collective agreements applicable in the various forms of written press on the date of entry into force of this decree.
The minimum time required to carry out the commission is set, for the purpose of calculating the minimum wage, at five hours.
The amount of the minimum wage for a freelance assignment may not be less than the average of the minimum wages applicable to professional journalists writing still images on open-ended contracts in the various collective agreements applicable in the different forms of written press on the date of entry into force of this decree for five hours of work.
The amount of the minimum wage is set by order of the minister responsible for communication. For the first setting of this salary, the average mentioned in the previous paragraph is rounded up to the nearest ten euros. The amount of the minimum wage is then revalued each year on the same dates and at the same rates as the minimum interprofessional growth wage provided for in Chapter I of Title III of Book II of Part Three of the Labour Code.
