As New Year's approaches, most companies plan New Year's events (corporate parties) for their employees, which may involve a host, musical groups, and creative performances by the employees themselves.
When preparing such events, it is necessary to consider that, according to the clarification of the Ministry of Culture:
— the distinctive features of the organizer of a cultural and entertainment event are making the decision to organize the cultural and entertainment event and/or implementing organizational, financial, or other support for the organization and holding of the cultural and entertainment event;
— an organization that concludes a contract with another legal entity or individual entrepreneur for the provision of services related to the preparation and holding of a cultural and entertainment event is not subject to inclusion in the Register of Organizers of Cultural and Entertainment Events (hereinafter referred to as the Register). However, the legal entity or individual entrepreneur with whom this organization concludes a contract must be in the Register (https://kultura.by/actual/razyasnenie-po-chasto-zadavaemym-voprosam-vklyucheniya-v-reestr-organizatorov-kulturno-zrelishchnykh/):
In practice, contracts with legal entities and individual entrepreneurs not included in the Register for the provision of services such as "director for staging and writing the event script," "for organizing catering and event support in a restaurant," "for technical support of a cultural and entertainment event," "for service," etc., are often encountered.
It should be remembered that the recognition of legal entities as organizers of cultural and entertainment events and the need for inclusion in the Register depends on the terms of the service contract with the organization entrusted to prepare and hold the cultural and entertainment event, in particular, on those functions for organizing the event that the customer assumes and which are assigned to the contractor ( https://www.kultura.by/reestr-organizatorov/). That is, the division of the scope and content of the obligations for organizing the event under the contract between the customer and the contractor determines which of them will be its organizer. In particular, the organizer: makes a decision on organizing such an event; organizes and conducts cultural and entertainment events, including by concluding contracts with legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, and citizens; approves the program of the cultural and entertainment event (clauses 2, 3 of Article 213 of the Code on Culture); ensures the safety of citizens, the safety of property, including capital structures (buildings, structures); ensures, if necessary, the organization of medical assistance to citizens; carries out other organizational, financial support, etc. (clauses 1, 2 of Article 216 of the Code on Culture).
Specialists of Lawyer City Law Firm are ready to conduct a legal analysis of the contract and advise on issues related to the organization of cultural and entertainment events.