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11/02/2008, 20:41 Meg Joined on 17/02/2006 Charente Posts 1,922 Re: La Maison des Artistes Cheers Artsole...got that noted....i have now spent the last hour under a swamp of MDA windows.........  Hopefully it'll all start to make some sense soon!! This post is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and are in no way to be considered as flaws or defects.    Report

20/02/2008, 17:06 pamss Joined on 19/02/2008 Posts 2 Re: La Maison des Artistes Hi Artsole, Coincidentally just 2 days ago I was given your name by someone from another forum, as being someone who knows about things like MDA.  So maybe I can add my query too if you guys don't mind. We're English, but lived in Greece for 6 years prior to coming to France last November.  Peter, my partner, is the painter and he earned his living from that in Greece.  Unfortunately, due to bad advice from his accountant there he didn't pay his self employed contributions in 2007 so had no E106 when we came here.  He has done the biz at the Hotel des Impots, got his siren and siret numbers, registered with the MDA and been given a reference number by them.  So far so good.  But, how do we get him into the social security system?  It seems he has to have a social security number but how does he get that?  We've been to the CPAM and they have tried to be helpful but we keep coming up against brick walls. I am covered and have my carte vitale as I'd paid all my contributions in Greece but I can't have him added to my card because of his not having paid contribs in 2007.  In Greece he was paying about 160 euro a month into their system for health and pension and was fully expecting to do the same thing here.  He's more than happy to pay but we can't figure out what to do.  I'm a bit nervous in case he needs any health care as he's not insured (yes, I know that we're being a bit stupid on that one).  We made enquiries about getting private health insurance but even that seems difficult as we can't find a French insurance who will offer full cover, just the complementaire. By the way, for registering with the MDA we just printed a form they had on-line and sent it with an invoice for a painting that he'd sold.  They wrote back with a reference number but they also are asking for his social security number. When he first registered at the Hotel des Impots we (I keep saying 'we' as he's not the French speaker in the partnership!) asked about social security and the offical told us it would all happen automatically. Like Meg, all Peter wants to do is paint and be legal - it's a bit frustrating at the moment.  Any help/advice you can give will be very gratefully received.   Merci mille fois. Pam        Report

20/02/2008, 21:52 artsole Joined on 07/02/2008 Vaucluse Posts 195 Re: La Maison des Artistes yea! ok "L'art n'a rien de sacré, ce n'est qu'un divin prétexte humain pour séduire"    Report

21/02/2008, 20:58 pamss Joined on 19/02/2008 Posts 2 Re: La Maison des Artistes ca veut dire quoi? vous n'avez pas d'avis?    Report

27/02/2008, 13:25 Dante's mum Joined on 27/02/2008 Posts 13 Re: La Maison des Artistes Hello - and in advance, apologies if this is something you have answered before, in one form or another.  Having read your various posts, does this mean that registering with the MDA is the first step to becoming a self-employed artist, who then presumably pays cotisations to the health system etc.?  Again, this is me being naive, but why would it be that registering with URSAFF to do this would result in much higher charges?  My husband is a painter who wants to register here in France but the amount of conflicting advice we have been given is baffling.  He is away at present and I am trying to get my head around it all.  Thank you for any assistance you can give.     Report

27/02/2008, 19:36 raindog Joined on 26/09/2007 HERAULT Posts 761 Re: La Maison des Artistes Dante's mum - i've pmed you. sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth    Report

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