I.-Where provided for by this code, the right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission on national territory of a performer’s performance, a phonogram or a videogram televised from a European Union Member State other than France 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 holder of the right has not entrusted its management to one of these organisations, he shall designate the one he entrusts with this task. He shall notify this designation in writing to the organisation, which may not refuse.
The contract authorising the televising on national territory of the performance of a performer, a phonogram or a videogram shall mention the organisation responsible, where applicable, for exercising the right to authorise its retransmission by cable, simultaneously, in its entirety and without change, in the Member States of the European Union.
The authorisation provided for in the first paragraph is issued in consideration of the criteria listed in Article L. 132-20-1.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat sets the conditions for issuing and withdrawing authorisation. It also lays down, in the case provided for in the second paragraph, the procedures for appointing the organisation responsible for managing the retransmission right.
II.-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.
III.-Retransmission by cable within the meaning of this article means retransmission as defined in III of Article L. 132-20-1.