Timasato Au-Pair

EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON AU PAIR PLACEMENT

Strasbourg, 24.XI.1969

      "Au pair" placement is the temporary reception by families, in exchange for certain services, of young foreigners who come to improve their linguistic and possibly professional knowledge as well as their general culture by acquiring a better knowledge of the country where they are received.
      Placement "au pair" which shall initially be for a period not exceeding one year, may, however, be extended to permit of a maximum stay of two years.
      The person placed "au pair" shall not be less than 17 or more than 30 years of age.
      Nevertheless, exceptions to the upper age limit may be granted by the competent authority of the receiving country in individual cases when justified.
      The person placed "au pair" shall have a medical certificate, established less than three months before placement, declaring that person's general state of health.
      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.
      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.