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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-9

Under all matrimonial regimes and on pain of nullity of any clauses to the contrary included in the marriage contract, the right to disclose the work, to fix the conditions of its exploitation and to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-9

The rights granted by the law of 14 July 1866 and the article L. 123-8 to the heirs and successors in title of authors, composers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed betwee…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-9

…lict between the said representatives, if there is no known successor in title or in the event of vacancy or escheat. The matter may be referred to the court in particular by the Minister responsible…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-9

…hat allows the work to be manufactured or produced in digital form.Unless otherwise agreed or technically impossible, the subject matter of the edition supplied by the author remains the property of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

…e the sums collected for the exploitation of unavailable books and which could not be distributed because the recipients could not be identified or found before the expiry of the period provided for i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-9

…commission chaired by a magistrate of the judiciary appointed by the first president of the Cour de cassation and composed, in addition, a member of the Conseil d'Etat, appointed by the Vice-President…

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Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-9

…opposing the constitution of one of these organisations. The court assesses the professional qualifications of the founders of these organisations, the human and material resources they propose to imp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-9

Collective management organisations draw up annual accounts comprising a balance sheet, an income statement and notes, in accordance with a regulation of the accounting standards authority and in such…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-9

The members of each of the two colleges and the mediator must complete a declaration of interests in accordance with the model in Appendix 3 of Article 2 of the Decree of 23 December 2013 on declarati…

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

Article L323-9

…create a conflict of interest, in particular where the principal and the agent belong to different categories of right holders within the organisation. Each mandate is valid for one General Meeting o…

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