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Article L342-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The first sale of a material copy of a database in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, by the rightholder or with his consent, exhausts the right to control the resale of that material copy in all Member States.

However, the online transmission of a database does not exhaust the right of the producer to control the resale in all Member States of a material copy of that database or part thereof.

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Article L342-4

La première vente d’une copie matérielle d’une base de données dans le territoire d’un Etat membre de la Communauté européenne ou d’un Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen, par le titulaire du droit ou avec son consentement, épuise le droit de contrôler la revente de cette copie matérielle dans tous les Etats membres.

Toutefois, la transmission en ligne d’une base de données n’épuise pas le droit du producteur de contrôler la revente dans tous les Etats membres d’une copie matérielle de cette base ou d’une partie de celle-ci.

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