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IP/N/1/FRA/C/4  
11 October 2022  
(22-7640) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
FRANCE: LAW NO. 2021 -1382 OF 25 OCTOBER 2021 ON THE REGULATION AND PROTECTION OF 
ACCESS TO CULTURAL WORKS IN THE DIGITAL AGE  
Notifying Member  FRANCE  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law No. 2021 -1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of 
access to cultural works in the digital age  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification    Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
  Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/FRA/22_5450_00_f.pdf  
Notification sta tus  First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement o r consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Law No. 2021 -1382 seeks to better protect creators' rights (including a system for blocking or 
dereferencing mirror sites and an ad hoc interim  mechanism to tackle sports streaming websites) 
and establishes a new regulatory authority for audiovisual and di gital communication (ARCOM).  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text  French  
Entry into force  26 October 2021  
Other date   
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 July 2022  
Other information   IP/N/1/FRA/13 • IP/N/1/FRA/C/4  
 
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* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  