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Link to legal provisions

Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle.

Secondary legislation establishing more specific conditions pending.

Stakeholder dialogues

Out of commerce determination

Any type of work first published or communicated to the public at least thirty years ago.

Sufficiently representative CMOs 

Conditions for opt-out

The opt-out may be notified at any time to the institutions concerned. If exploitation has started, it must cease as soon as possible and at the latest within three months following the notification.

Scope of licence

Reproduction and communication to the public via non-commercial websites

Scope of exception

Reproduction and communication to the public via non-commercial websites

Publicity measures

No national database established. The declaration to the EUIPO database is to be made by the cultural heritage institution.

Other conditions