Chapter II: Economic rights

Authors of original graphic and plastic works who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area benefit from a resale right, which is an inalienable right to share in the proceeds of any sale of a work after the first transfer made by the author or by his successors in title, when an art market…

In the event of notorious abuse in the use or non-use of the exploitation rights on the part of the deceased author’s representatives referred to in Article L. 121-2, the court may order any appropriate measure. The same applies if there is a conflict between the said representatives, if there is no known successor in title or in the event of vacancy or escheat. The matter may be referred to…

Publication of a work entails transfer of the reprographic reproduction right to a collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III and approved for this purpose by the Minister responsible for culture. Approved organisations alone may enter into any agreement with users for the purpose of managing the right thus assigned, subject, for stipulations authorising copies for the purposes of sale, rental, advertising or promotion, to the agreement…

The agreements mentioned in article L. 122-10 may provide for flat-rate remuneration in the cases defined in 1° to 3° of Article L. 131-4.

The approval of the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 122-10 is issued in consideration of: the diversity of the members; the professional qualifications of the directors; the human and material resources they propose to implement to ensure the management of the reprographic reproduction right; the equitable nature of the arrangements provided for the distribution of the sums collected. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall lay…