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Article L333-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Insofar as they are of a maintenance nature, sums due, by reason of the pecuniary exploitation or transfer of literary or artistic property rights, to all authors, composers or artists as well as to their surviving spouse against whom there is no judgment of legal separation that has become res judicata, or to their minor children taken in their capacity as successors in title, shall be exempt from seizure.

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Article L333-2

Sont insaisissables, dans la mesure où elles ont un caractère alimentaire, les sommes dues, en raison de l’exploitation pécuniaire ou de la cession des droits de propriété littéraire ou artistique, à tous auteurs, compositeurs ou artistes ainsi qu’à leur conjoint survivant contre lequel n’existe pas un jugement de séparation de corps passé en force de chose jugée, ou à leurs enfants mineurs pris en leur qualité d’ayants cause.

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