Section 1: Common provisions

I.-The approval referred to in Article L. 331-2 is issued, on an individual basis, by the Minister responsible for culture for a renewable period of five years. To issue the authorisation, the Minister checks that the agent is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and that he or she has the skills and…

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts with exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions relating to literary and artistic property pursuant to Article L. 331-1of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with Article D. 211-6-1 of the Judicial Organisation Code.