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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-3

…in consideration of: 1° the size of the organisation's repertoire and the diversity of its members; 2° The professional qualifications of the directors; 3° The human and material resources that the or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
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Article L311-6

…five years in consideration of: 1° The professional qualifications of the organisation's directors; 2° The means that the organisation proposes to implement to ensure the collection of rights; 3° The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…best efforts to prevent such protected subject-matter being uploaded in the future, pursuant to b; 2° In order to determine whether the provider of the online content sharing service has complied wit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

…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…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-3

…urchased for their public lending libraries by the legal entities mentioned in the third paragraph (2°) of article 3 of law no. 81-766 of 10 August 1981 relating to book prices; it is paid by the supp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-1

…in article L. 122-2-2, these rights may be exercised in respect of the persons referred to in 1° or 2° of that article.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-2

…identified rightholders, respect their moral rights and communicate the information provided for in 2° of article L. 135-3 or to l'article L. 135-4. This use is made according to the following terms a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-1

…the rights holders would not object to the uses of the orphan work provided for in Article L. 135-2;2° Any work considered orphan in another Member State pursuant to Article 2 of Directive 2012/28/EU…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-2

…as regards the type of works concerned and the type of rights that are the subject of the licence; 2° Equal treatment guaranteed to all right holders, whether or not they are members of the organisat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-3

…mers, producers of phonograms and persons using phonograms under the conditions provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 214-1. These agreements must specify the terms and conditions according to w…

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