RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/2/FRA/1
19July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2073)
Original: French Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.3AND 3.1OFTHE AGREEMENT
France
Thefollowing communication, dated 30June1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Delegation ofFrance.
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Ihavebeeninstructed bymyGovernment tocommunicate France 'snotification, under Article 3
oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights, ofArticle L.111-4 of
theIntellectual Property Code relating toArticle 6oftheBerne Convention.
UnderArticle3oftheTRIPSAgreementonIntellectualPropertyRights,partiestotheAgreement
mayavailthemselves ofthepossibilities provided inArticle 6oftheBerne Convention.
French legislation hasmade useofthese possibilities which form thesubject ofthelawof
8July1964 reproduced inArticle L.111-4 oftheIntellectual Property Code.
Iwould therefore begrateful ifyouwould notify Article L.111-4 oftheIntellectual Property
Code, acopyofwhich isenclosed, totheCouncil forTRIPS before 30June.
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Article L.111-4
Subject totheinternational conventions towhich France isparty, intheevent
thatitisascertained, afterconsultation withtheMinister forForeign Affairs, thata
State doesnotafford toworks disclosed forthefirsttimeinFrance, inanyform
whatsoever, protection thatisadequate andeffective, works disclosed forthefirsttime
ontheterritory ofsuchStateshallnotenjoy thecopyright protection afforded byFrench
legislation.
However, neither theintegrity northeauthorship ofsuch works maybe
impaired.
Inthecases referred tointhefirstparagraph above, theroyalties shallbepaid
togeneral interest bodies designated bydecree.