Publication of a work entails transfer of the reprographic reproduction right to a collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III and approved for this purpose by the Minister responsible for culture. Approved organisations alone may enter into any agreement with users for the purpose of managing the right thus assigned, subject, for stipulations authorising copies for the purposes of sale, rental, advertising or promotion, to the agreement of the author or his successors in title.
Failing designation by the author or his successors in title at the date of publication of the work, one of the approved bodies is deemed to be the assignee of this right.
Reprography means reproduction in the form of a copy on paper or assimilated medium by a photographic or equivalent effect technique allowing direct reading.
The provisions of the first paragraph shall not preclude the right of the author or his successors in title to make copies for the purposes of sale, rental, advertising or promotion.
Notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, the provisions of this Article shall apply to all protected works regardless of the date of their publication.