The author’s remuneration shall be due as soon as the work is ready for sale.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2445
3. Payment · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the parties have agreed that the author’s remuneration shall depend either wholly or partly on the expected sales, the publisher shall submit proofs of sale to the author at agreed intervals.
Failing any agreement, the publishers account shall be rendered to the author during the first month of each year.