Chapter V: Approved bodies for the collective management of remuneration for library loans

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III is approved under Article L. 133-2 if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and governing bodies, of the diversity of its members due to the categories and number of right holders, the economic importance expressed in revenue or turnover and the diversity of publishing genres; 2° Provides proof of the equitable representation of authors and…

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 326-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a receipt. If the dossier is not complete, the Minister responsible for culture will request a supplementary dossier by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be submitted in the same form within one month of receipt…

Approval is granted by an order of the minister responsible for culture, published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

Approval is granted for five years. It is renewable under the same conditions as the initial approval.

Any change to the general regulations and any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies of an approved organisation shall be communicated to the Minister responsible for culture within fifteen days of the corresponding event. Failure to notify may result in the withdrawal of approval. .

If an approved organisation ceases to meet one of the conditions set out in Article R. 326-1, the Minister responsible for culture shall give it written notice to comply with the conditions of approval. The beneficiary of the approval has a period of one month in which to present its observations and, where applicable, the compliance measures it intends to implement. Withdrawal of approval is pronounced by order of the…

If, on the date of publication of a work, the author and publisher have not designated a collective management organisation, the management of their right to remuneration for library lending is entrusted to the organisation with the largest number of works managed. This number is determined in accordance with the practices of the professions concerned. The Minister responsible for culture designates each year the organisation that meets the condition defined…