Lang Law is the informal name given to French law number 81-766, from 10 August 1981, which establishes a fixed price for books sold in France and limits price discounts on them. The law is named after Jack Lang , the French Minister of Culture responsible for creating the law.
5-540: Until 1979 fixed prices of the books on the French market were maintained as a result of voluntary agreement between publishers and booksellers. In 1979 decrees forbidding such practices were issued by René Monory , french Minister of the Economy at the time. Repealing of Monory's reforms of the book market, in order to protect small, traditional booksellers from competition of big stores and chain retailers (such as Fnac ),
10-684: The Poitiers Futuroscope . Monory first became a Senator in 1968. A member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he was Minister of Economy and Finance (1978–1981) in the government of Raymond Barre . He was President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes from March 1985 to March 1986. He later served as Minister of Education (1986–1988) in the government of Jacques Chirac . He succeeded Alain Poher as President of
15-580: The Senate in 1992. He served as President of the Senate for two terms. He was defeated for re-election to the post on 1 October 1998, withdrawing after the first round of voting; Christian Poncelet was elected in the third round. He died in Loudun, aged 85. Governmental functions Electoral mandates Senate of France Regional Council General Council Municipal Council Community of communes Council This article about
20-510: Was extended to cover e-books in May 2011. Due to this law it is illegal to provide e-books of French publishers as a part of subscription service for a flat, periodical rate. Ren%C3%A9 Monory René Monory (6 June 1923 – 11 April 2009 ) was a French centre-right Gaullist politician. René Monory was born in Loudun and began his career as the owner of a garage . He was the founder of
25-413: Was part of François Mitterrand's electoral program during presidential campaign in 1981. After Mitterrand won the election he appointed Jack Lang as the new Minister of Culture and tasked him with creating a law proposal for a law establishing mandatory fixed book price. In August 1981, the French parliament voted unanimously in favor of the law proposed by Lang. The Lang Law works as follows: The law
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