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Article L122-3-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Once the first sale of one or more physical copies of a work has been authorised by the author or his successors in title on the territory of a Member State of the European Community or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the sale of these copies of this work may no longer be prohibited in the Member States of the European Community and the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

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Article L122-3-1

Dès lors que la première vente d’un ou des exemplaires matériels d’une oeuvre a été autorisée par l’auteur ou ses ayants droit sur le territoire d’un Etat membre de la Communauté européenne ou d’un autre Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen, la vente de ces exemplaires de cette oeuvre ne peut plus être interdite dans les Etats membres de la Communauté européenne et les Etats parties à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen.

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