French Intellectual Property Code
In forceI.-One or more agreements relating to the remuneration of authors concluded between the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III of this Part, the professional organisations representing producers and, where applicable, the organisations representing other sectors of activity set out the methods for determining and paying the proportional remuneration per mode of exploitation as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which authors may benefit from additional remuneration after amortisation of the cost of the work, as well as the methods for calculating this amortisation and the definition of the net revenues contributing to it.
The duration of these agreements is between one and five years.
These agreements are extended to all interested parties by order of the Minister of Culture.
II. II - Taking into account previous professional agreements, in the event that the agreement(s) do not specify all or part of the terms and conditions of remuneration for authors mentioned in I within twelve months of the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021, these terms and conditions may be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.
Where an agreement is concluded after the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021, these terms and conditions may be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Where an agreement is concluded after the enactment of this decree, the provisions thereof relating to the terms and conditions of remuneration specified in the agreement cease to have effect on the date on which the order extending this agreement comes into force.
