French Intellectual Property Code

When a work has been the subject of a publishing contract with a view to its publication and distribution in book form, the author may not object to the loan of copies of this edition by a library open to the public. This loan entitles the author to remuneration in accordance with the terms of article L. 133-4.

The remuneration provided for in Article L. 133-1 shall be collected by one or more collective management bodies governed by Title II of Book III and approved for this purpose by the Minister responsible for culture. The approval provided for in the first paragraph is issued in consideration of: the diversity of the members; the professional qualifications of the directors; the means that the organisation proposes to implement to ensure…

The remuneration provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 133-1 includes two parts. The first part, payable by the State, is based on a flat-rate contribution per user registered in libraries open to the public for lending, with the exception of school libraries. A decree sets the amount of this contribution, which may be different for the libraries of higher education establishments, as well as the methods for…

Remuneration for library lending is distributed as follows: 1° A first share is divided equally between authors and their publishers on the basis of the number of copies of books purchased each year, for their libraries receiving the public for lending, by the legal entities mentioned in the third paragraph (2°) of article 3 of the aforementioned law no. 81-766 of 10 August 1981, determined on the basis of the…