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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-35

For the purposes of this section, "press title" means the press organ to whose preparation the professional journalist has contributed, as well as all the variations of the title, regardless of the me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Advertising order contract

Article L132-31

…of a commissioned work used for advertising, the contract between the producer and the author entails, unless there is a clause to the contrary, the transfer to the producer of the rights to exploit…

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

Article L138-3

The authorised collective management organisation shall transmit without delay, and at least six months before the work is made available to the public, to the Office of the European Union for Intelle…

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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 L217-3

Mediators shall be established in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to refer the matter to the court, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation…

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

Article L326-3

I.-The organisations make available at least once a year, in accordance with the procedures defined by the articles of association or general regulations, to each of the right holders to whom they hav…

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

Article L322-3

Authorisation for rights management by the collective management organisation covers, at the rightholder's choice, all or some of the rights, categories of rights, types of works or other protected su…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-3

Collective management organisations allow their members and other rightholders whose economic rights they manage to communicate with them by electronic means, in particular to exercise the rights gran…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Membership

Article L323-3

Collective management organisations keep up-to-date registers of their members.

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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 L324-3

Contracts concluded by collective management organisations with users of all or part of their repertoire are civil acts.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article L325-3

When a collective management organisation is able to grant authorisations for the multi-territorial exploitation of online rights in musical works in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, it…

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