Freelance Contract for European Union
Generate a freelance contract that complies with European Union law, with 9 mandatory clauses and 6 compliance checks built in.
What's required
Scope of Work & Deliverables
Payment Terms (Late Payment Directive Compliant)
Directive 2011/7/EU, Articles 3, 6
Intellectual Property
Directive (EU) 2019/790 (EU Copyright Directive); Berne Convention
GDPR Data Processing Provisions
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Articles 5, 28, 30, 32, 33
Late Payment Interest (EU Late Payment Directive)
Directive 2011/7/EU (Late Payment Directive), Articles 2, 3, 4, 6
Electronic Signature (eIDAS Compliance)
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS), Article 25
Applicable Law (Rome I Regulation)
Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I)
Severability
General contract law principle; Directive 93/13/EEC
GDPR Data Processing Notice
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
What's prohibited
Waiver of data subject rights under GDPR
GDPR rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection) are inalienable and cannot be waived by contract. Any provision purporting to waive or limit a data subject's GDPR rights is void under Article 7(4) and recital 42 of the GDPR.
Complete waiver of moral rights in jurisdictions where they are inalienable
In most EU member states, moral rights (right of attribution, right of integrity) are inalienable and cannot be waived by contract. This is a fundamental principle of continental European copyright law rooted in the Berne Convention and national implementations.
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