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

Article L134-4

…author of an unavailable book or the publisher holding the right to reproduce that book in printed form may object to the exercise of the right of authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of…

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

Article L138-1

I.-An unavailable work within the meaning of this chapter is a protected work for which it can be presumed in good faith, following reasonable investigative efforts, that it is not available to the pu…

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

Article L138-3

…s made available to the public, to the Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property the information for the purpose of identifying the work concerned, the information concerning the oppositi…

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

Article L134-3

…tioned in article L. 134-2 for more than six months, the right to authorise its reproduction and performance in digital form is exercised on behalf of the rightholders by a collective management organ…

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

Article L134-2

…liothèque nationale de France shall ensure that the database is implemented, updated and that the information provided for in articles L. 134-4, L. 134-5 and L. 134-6 is included. Any person may ask 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

As an exception to the provisions of the first three paragraphs of Article L. 324-17, the approved organisations mentioned in Article L. 134-3 use the sums collected for the exploitation of unavailabl…

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

Article L138-4

An author or his successors in title may object to an approved collective management organisation issuing exploitation authorisations on their behalf. This objection may relate to a work or a group of…

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

Article L138-2

…act on a non-exclusive basis and for non-commercial purposes, with a view to the reproduction or performance of an unavailable work, with a library accessible to the public, a museum, an archive servi…

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

Article L134-6

The author and publisher holding the right to reproduce an unavailable book in printed form shall jointly notify the collective management organisation mentioned in Article L. The author of an unavail…

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

Article L134-5

…anagement organisation shall offer authorisation for the reproduction and representation in digital form, on national territory, of an unavailable book to the publisher holding the right to reproduce…

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