I.-The remuneration provided for in Article L. 311-1 is collected on behalf of rightsholders by one or more collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of this Book, approved for this purpose by the Minister responsible for culture.
Authorisation is granted for five years in consideration of:
1° The professional qualifications of the organisation’s directors;
2° The means that the organisation proposes to implement to ensure the collection of rights;
3° The diversity of the organisation’s associates.
II.-The remuneration provided for in Article L. 311-1 is distributed among the right holders by the organisations mentioned in I of this Article, on the basis of the private reproductions of which each work is the subject.
III.A portion not exceeding 1% of the sums derived from private copy levies is allocated by these organisations to finance usage surveys carried out, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 311-4, by the commission mentioned in article L. 311-5, which draws up the preliminary specifications.