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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-4

Collective decisions of the members shall be taken in accordance with the provisions specific to the legal form adopted by the collective management organisation, subject to the provisions of this sec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
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Article L311-4

…utor, within the meaning of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, which provides to a natural person, via remote access, the reproduction for private use of w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-4

Collective management organisations are obliged to accept the management of rights under the conditions provided for in Article L. 322-3 whenever such management falls within their field of activity.…

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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 L324-4

…s under which rightholders may grant licences to third parties for non-commercial uses of rights or categories of rights the management of which they have entrusted to the organisation, relating to ce…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-4

The rights mentioned in the first part of this code may not prevent acts necessary for the performance of a parliamentary control, jurisdictional or administrative procedure provided for by law, or un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-4

In response to a duly justified request, collective management organisations shall communicate, by electronic means and within a period not exceeding one month, to the holders of rights managed by the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and composition

Article L327-4

…puty chairman, appointed by the first chairman of the Cour des Comptes; 3° A member of the Court of Cassation, appointed by the first president of the Court of Cassation. Alternate members are appoint…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-4

…tics of the authorised use of a work or protected object, made available by an online public communication service, are brought to the attention of the user in an easily accessible manner, in accordan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-4

The first sale of a material copy of a database in the territory of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, by the rightholder or w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-4

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the design, the manufacture, offering, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use, or possession for these purposes, of a product incorporat…

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