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Article 6

The rights and obligations of the person "au pair" and the receiving family, as those rights and obligations are defined in this Agreement, shall be the subject of an agreement in writing to be concluded between the parties in question, in the form of a single document or of an exchange of letters, preferably before the person placed "au pair" leaves the country in which that person was resident and at latest during the first week of the placement. A copy of the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be lodged in the receiving country with the competent authority or the organisation chosen by this authority.

Article 7

The agreement referred to in Article 6 shall specify inter alia the manner in which the person placed "au pair" is to share the life of the receiving family, while at the same time enjoying a certain degree of independence.

Article 8

The person placed "au pair" shall receive board and lodging from the receiving family and, where possible, shall occupy a separate room. The person placed "au pair" shall be given adequate time to attend language courses as well as for cultural and professional improvement; every facility as regards the arrangement of working hours shall be accorded to this end. The person placed "au pair" shall have at least one full free day per week, not less than one such free day in every month being a Sunday, and shall have full opportunity to take part in religious worship. The person placed "au pair" shall receive a certain sum of money, as pocket money, the amount of which and the intervals at which it is paid shall be determined by the agreement referred to in Article 6.

Article 9

A person placed "au pair" shall render the receiving family services consisting in participation in day-to-day family duties. The time effectively occupied in such services shall generally not be more than five hours per day.

Article 10

Each Contracting Party shall state, by listing them in Annex I to this Agreement, the benefits to which a person placed "au pair" will be entitled within its territory in the event of sickness, maternity or accident. If and in so far as the benefits listed in Annex I cannot be covered, in the receiving country, by national social security legislation or other official schemes, taking into account the provisions of international agreements or the Regulations of the European Communities, the competent member of the receiving family shall, at his own expense, take out a private insurance. Any change in the list of benefits in Annex I shall be notified by any Contracting Party in accordance with Article 19, paragraph 2.

Article 11

Where the agreement referred to in Article 6 has been concluded for an unspecified period, either party shall be entitled to terminate it by giving two weeks' notice. Whether the agreement was made for a specified period or not, it may be terminated with immediate effect by either party in the event of serious misconduct by the other party or if other serious circumstances make such instant termination necessary.

Article 12

The competent authority of each Contracting Party shall appoint the public bodies and may appoint the private bodies to be entitled to deal with "au pair" placement.

Article 13

Each Contracting Party shall send to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a report at five-yearly intervals, in a form to be determined by the Committee of Ministers, concerning the application of the provisions of Articles 1 to 12 of this Agreement. The reports of the Contracting Parties shall be submitted for examination to the Governmental Social Committee of the Council of Europe. The Governmental Social Committee shall present to the Committee of Ministers a report containing its conclusions; it may also make any proposals designed to: improve the practical implementation of this Agreement; amend or supplement its provisions.

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