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Article L321-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Regularly constituted collective management organisations are entitled to take legal action to defend the rights for which they are statutorily responsible and to defend the material and moral interests of their members, in particular within the framework of professional agreements concerning them.

They are also entitled to sit on the bodies competent to deliberate on matters of social protection, welfare and training for the rights holders they represent, subject to the rules applicable to the representation of professional trade unions in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Code.

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Article L321-2
Les organismes de gestion collective régulièrement constitués ont qualité pour ester en justice pour la défense des droits dont ils ont statutairement la charge et pour défendre les intérêts matériels et moraux de leurs membres, notamment dans le cadre des accords professionnels les concernant.


Ils ont également qualité pour siéger au sein des organes compétents pour délibérer en matière de protection sociale, prévoyance et formation des titulaires de droits qu’ils représentent, sous réserve des règles applicables à la représentation des syndicats professionnels conformément aux dispositions du code du travail.

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