#EAEA2615960AFrance updates fees for reproducing foreign ministry archives and filming archive documents
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This order updates the fees charged for copying, scanning, photographing, and filming archive documents and books held by France’s foreign ministry. Small black-and-white paper copies and basic scans remain free up to set limits. Fees apply above those limits, while high-quality heritage scans and filming in archive premises carry fixed charges. Researchers, publishers, production companies, and businesses using ministry archives should check the new rates before ordering reproductions or planning shoots.
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Key Changes
- Sets free thresholds and per-page fees for black-and-white A4 and A3 photocopies of archives and books
- Sets free thresholds and per-image fees for basic PDF scans and handheld photo reproductions
- Sets fixed fees for heritage-quality scans and filming archive documents, including hourly charges for overruns
Obligations
What this law requires
Requesters ordering black-and-white A4 paper photocopies of ministry archive documents or books must pay €10.08 when the order reaches 56 pages, plus €0.18 for each additional page beyond 56; orders of 1 to 55 pages are free.
Requesters ordering black-and-white A3 paper photocopies of ministry archive documents or books must pay €10.08 when the order reaches 28 pages, plus €0.36 for each additional page beyond 28; orders of 1 to 27 pages are free.
Requesters ordering non-heritage-quality PDF scans by photocopier in A4 or A3 format must pay €10 when the order reaches 20 pages, plus €0.50 for each additional page beyond 20; orders of 1 to 19 pages are free.
Requesters ordering non-heritage-quality handheld photographic reproductions in JPG format must pay €10 when the order reaches 20 views, plus €0.50 for each additional view beyond 20; orders of 1 to 19 views are free.
Requesters ordering heritage-scanner reproductions in TIFF or JPG format must pay €25 per view for formats up to A1 and €50 per view for formats larger than A1.