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Article L124-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract and recorded in the public film and audiovisual register or in the options register, the beneficiary of one of the rights referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 123-1 duly registered, and upon production of the statement provided for in article L. 125-1, collects alone and directly, notwithstanding any opposition other than that based on a legal lien, up to the amount of his rights and in the order of his registration, the amount of the proceeds of the cinematographic or audiovisual work, of whatever nature, and this, without the need for any notification to the assigned debtors who will be validly discharged in his hands.

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Article L124-2

Sauf dispositions contraires portées au contrat et inscrites au registre public du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel ou au registre des options, le bénéficiaire d’un des droits visés aux 2° et 3° de l’article L. 123-1 dûment inscrit, et sur production de l’état prévu à l’article L. 125-1, encaisse seul et directement nonobstant toute opposition autre que celle fondée sur un privilège légal, à concurrence de ses droits et suivant l’ordre de son inscription, le montant des produits de l’œuvre cinématographique ou audiovisuelle, de quelque nature qu’ils soient, et ce, sans qu’il soit besoin de signification aux débiteurs cédés qui seront valablement libérés entre ses mains.

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