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IP/N/1/FRA/C/3  
11 October 2022  
(22-7647) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATION S UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
FRANCE: DECREE NO. 2021 -1369 OF 20 OCTOBER 2021 AMENDING THE  
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND RELATING TO CERTAIN  ONLINE  
CONTENT -SHARING  SERVICE PROVIDERS  
Notifying Member  FRANCE  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Decree No. 2021 -1369 of 20 October 2021 amending the Intellectual 
Property Code and relating to certain online content -sharing service 
providers  
Subject matter  Copyright and related ri ghts 
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_5452_00_f.pdf  
Notification status    First notification  
  Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
  Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/FRA/C/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Decree No. 2021 -1369 specifies the methods for assessing the significant quantity of protected 
works or objects mentioned in Article L. 137 -1 of the Intellectual Property Code for the purposes of 
determining the online content -sharing service providers def ined in this Article. The Decree also 
defines the rules of procedure to be applied when a claim is brought to the High Authority for the 
dissemination of works and the protection of rights on the internet by a user or a holder of copyright 
or related right s in disputes over the action taken by an online content -sharing service provider in 
response to a complaint from a user regarding the disabling or removal of uploaded works.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text  French  
Entry into force  21 October 2021  
Other date   IP/N/1/FRA/12 • IP/N/1/FRA/C/3  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 July 2022  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible   
 
 
* 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.  