• Validity of the copyright protection period before expiry: for the author's life.
• Validity of the copyright protection period after the death of the author(s): 70 years.

The term of economic rights shall be the lifetime of the author and 70 years following his death, regardless of the country of origin of the work, and shall be transferred on death in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code.

In the case of works of joint authorship, the term of protection shall be counted from the date of the death of the last surviving co-author.

The term of protection of anonymous and pseudonymous works shall be 70 years from the year of disclosure, except where the author reveals his identity before that term expires, in which case the provisions of the foregoing Article shall apply.

In the case of collective works, computer programs and audiovisual works, economic rights shall lapse after 70 years following first publication or, in the absence of publication, following completion. This limitation shall not affect the economic rights of the individual co-authors of audiovisual works in relation to their personal contributions, or the enjoyment and exercise of the moral rights in their contributions.

Where one work has been published in successive volumes, the periods provided for in this Law shall be counted from the publication date of the last volume.

The periods provided for in this Chapter shall be calculated from the first of January of the year following that of the author’s death, or where appropriate that of the disclosure, publication or completion of the work.