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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article R328-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 328-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-20

I.-When it is granted authorisation under the conditions set out in Article L. 324-8-3, the collective management organisation must publish the following information without delay on its website, in a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R335-2

Any advertisement or instructions for use relating to a means enabling the removal or neutralisation of any technical device protecting software, which does not include a statement in conspicuous char…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Approved bodies for the collective management of remuneration for library loans

Article R325-2

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…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the additional annual remuneration due to performers

Article R327-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 328-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisations authorised to manage reprographic reproduction rights

Article R322-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance withArticle R. 322-1, is sent by registered post to the Minister for Culture, who issues a receipt. If the file is not in ord…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 323-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister of Culture, who issues a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-2

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…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Authorised bodies for the collective management of resale rights in the absence of a known successor in title, or in the event of vacancy or disinheritance

Article R329-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 329-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title IV: Rights of database producers

Article R341-2

The exception provided for in 6° of article L. 342-3 is exercised under the conditions defined in articles R. 122-23 to R. 122-28.

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