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Preliminary draft Decree on the cultural protection of books

The purpose of the notified text is to establish, in the French Community, a cultural protection policy for books, aimed at supporting their creation and distribution.It defines which players are authorised to determine the price of books, whether published on paper or as electronic versions, sold in the French Community (notably providing that all book publishers and importers must set prices for sale to the public).It sets both upper and lower limits for price variations, as percentages, and their time frame (notably requiring importers to set a price for sale to the public that is no higher than that set for exploitation of the book on the territory of the State in which the book was published).It determines the exclusions for certain categories of publications (periodicals, magazines, second-hand books, etc.) and the exceptions granted for the purchase of books by certain bodies (teaching establishments, public loan, prisons, hospitals, etc.).