French Intellectual Property Code
In forceI. - When he receives a request from the beneficiary, the professional responsible for payment of the droit de suite shall pay him the amount thereof within a period which may not exceed four months from the date of receipt of the request or, if the request is received prior to the sale, from the date of that sale.
If the work is due to the collaboration of several authors, the beneficiary shall make a declaration to this effect and specify the distribution of the droit de suite decided between the authors.
II. - If no request is made, the professional responsible for payment of the resale right notifies one of the collective management bodies mentioned in article R. 122-8 of the completion of the sale, indicating the date of the sale, the name of the author of the work and, where applicable, the information relating to the beneficiary of the resale right available to it.
When a collective management organisation is notified of a sale giving entitlement to the collection of the resale right for the benefit of a beneficiary mentioned in article R. 122-8, it is obliged to inform the beneficiary. Where the beneficiary is not identified, the collective management organisation will take all necessary steps to inform the persons likely to benefit from droit de suite, if necessary by calling on the other collective management organisations mentioned in article R. 122-8. If it has not been able to inform the beneficiary, it will proceed with the appropriate publicity measures in electronic form or by any other suitable means.
