European Agreement on Au Pair Placement

Reply to Written question | Doc. 13584 | 11 July 2014

Author(s):

Committee of Ministers

Origin

Adopted at the 1205th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (9 July 2014). 2014 - Fourth part-session

Reply to Written question

: Written question no. 658 (Doc. 13469)

1. The European Agreement on Au Pair Placement (ETS No. 68) aimed, inter alia, at ensuring adequate social protection for young foreigners in placement as au pairs. It does not touch upon the question of taxation of income, which is an issue falling within the responsibility of each member State. The explanatory report on the Agreement does, however, note that the term “pocket money” was used “purposely in order to prevent the sum to be paid from being considered as a remuneration or a wage”.