Authors who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and their successors in title within the meaning of the provisions of Article L. 123-7 benefit from the resale right under the conditions provided for by this code if their national legislation grants this right to authors who are nationals of the States mentioned above as well as their successors in title and for the period during which they are entitled to exercise this right in their country.
Authors who are not nationals of the States mentioned in the previous paragraph who, in the course of their artistic career, have participated in the life of French art and have been resident in France for at least five years, even non-consecutive years, may, without condition of reciprocity, be entitled to benefit from droit de suite. Their heirs within the meaning of article L. 123-7 enjoy the same right. Interested authors or their heirs must submit an application to the Minister for Culture, who will decide after receiving the opinion of a commission whose composition and operating conditions are set by an order of the Minister for Culture.