I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II of this article, on national territory, of a work broadcast by any process, other than online transmission, from national territory or the territory of another Member State of the European Union may only be exercised by a collective management organisation. If this organisation is governed by Title II of Book III, it must be approved for this purpose by the Minister responsible for culture.
If the rightholder has not already entrusted the management of the right to one of these organisations, he shall designate the one he entrusts with the task of exercising it. He shall notify the organisation of this designation in writing, which may not refuse.
If no collective management organisation has been designated by the rightholder, the right shall be exercised by the approved collective management organisation competent for rights in the same category, or the one of the competent organisations whose approval has been in force the longest.
II.-The simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission referred to in I means any retransmission, meeting the following cumulative conditions:
the retransmission is carried out by an operator other than the broadcasting organisation which made the initial transmission or under whose control and responsibility that initial transmission was made, irrespective of the manner in which that operator obtains the programme-carrying signals from the broadcasting organisation for the purposes of the retransmission ;
the retransmission is carried out under secure conditions for the benefit of authorised users in the event that it is carried out via an internet access service within the meaning of 2 of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120.
III.-The provisions of Article L. 132-20-1 are applicable to the issue and withdrawal of the authorisation provided for in I and to the procedures for appointing the organisation responsible for managing the retransmission right in the case provided for in the second paragraph of I.
IV.-By way of derogation from I, the holder of the right may assign the right to a broadcasting organisation.
The provisions of I do not apply to rights of which a broadcasting organisation is the assignee.