A rights holder may terminate at any time, in whole or in part, within the limits set by the organisation and mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 322-3, the authorisation he has given to the collective management organisation to manage his economic rights.
The collective management organisation sets and makes public the terms of termination, in particular the period of notice, which may not exceed six months. It may, however, provide that termination does not take effect until the end of the financial year. Termination may not be made subject to the condition that management of the rights in question be entrusted to another collective management organisation.
If sums are owed to a rights holder for acts of exploitation performed before his request for total or partial termination took effect, or under an exploitation authorisation granted before that effective date, he retains the rights conferred on him by the provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 324-10, I and II of article L. 324-12, articles L. 324-14, L. 324-18, L. 325-7, I and II…
The provisions of this chapter do not apply when the rights in question are managed by the organisation pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 122-10, L. 132-20-1, L. 133-2, L. 134-3, L. 214-5, L. 217-2 and L. 311-6.
The articles of association of collective management organisations shall lay down rules enabling their members to participate effectively in their decision-making process and shall ensure balanced representation of the various categories of members within the latter. Where the rights and rules guaranteeing members and third parties the exercise of these rights or the provision of information to them are not set out in the articles of association, they shall be…
The only members of a collective management organisation are the rightholders mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-1 and, where applicable, entities grouping rightholders, in particular collective management organisations. The conditions of membership of the collective management organisation and any refusal by the latter are subject to the rules defined in Articles L. 322-3 and L. 322-4.
Collective management organisations keep up-to-date registers of their members.
Collective decisions of the members shall be taken in accordance with the provisions specific to the legal form adopted by the collective management organisation, subject to the provisions of this section.
The general meeting of members is held at least once a year.
The general meeting adopts the articles of association and the general regulations, decides on any amendments to be made to them and lays down in one of these instruments the conditions of membership of the collective management undertaking. Where the undertaking has a board of directors or a supervisory board, or any other collegiate administrative body other than that composed of the managers of the undertaking, the general meeting appoints…
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