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In the case of a fixedterm contract, the rights of the assignee shall lapse automatically on
expiry of the term in question without the need for formal notice.
In the three years after such expiry the publisher may, however, sell off, at the normal
price, the copies remaining in stock, unless the author prefers to buy such copies at a
price that shall be set according to expert opinion, in the absence of an amicable
agreement. This option, open to the first publisher, shall not prevent the author from
proceeding with a new edition within a period of 30 months.
Article 63: The publisher shall be required to ensure ongoing and consistent exploitation
and commercial distribution of the work, in accordance with the practice within the
profession.
Article 64: The publisher shall be required to render accounts.
In the absence of special terms laid down in the contract, the author may require the
publisher to produce, at least once a year, a statement indicating the number of copies
produced during the financial year and specifying the date and size of the print runs and
the number of copies in stock.
Except where contrary to normal practice or otherwise agreed, this statement shall also
indicate the number of copies that are unusable or have been destroyed by accident or
because of force majeure and the amount of any royalties owed or paid to the author.
Article 65: The publisher shall be required to furnish the author with all evidence
necessary to establish the accuracy of his accounts.
Where the publisher fails to provide the necessary evidence, he shall be obliged to do so
by the courts.
Article 66: Judicial administration proceedings in respect of the publisher shall not entail
the termination of the contract, unless otherwise stipulated.
Where the company continues to be operated by a receiver or liquidator, all the
publisher's obligations toward the author shall be met by such receiver or liquidator.
In the event of assignment of the publishing company, the purchaser shall be bound by
the obligations of the seller.
Article 67: Where the company's activity has ceased more than three months previously
or where the courts have ordered liquidation, the author may request the termination of
the contract.
The liquidator may not undertake the remaindering or other disposal of copies that have
been produced until at least 15 days after notifying the author of his intention by
registered letter with a request for acknowledgement of receipt.