I. – Collective management organisations shall monitor the use of rights by online service providers to whom they have granted authorisations for the multi-territorial exploitation of online rights in musical works. The contracts concluded with such service providers shall provide for appropriate arrangements enabling the collecting organisations to monitor effectively the use of the rights.
II. – Organisations granting authorisations for the multi-territorial exploitation of online rights in musical works shall allow online service providers to declare the effective use of these rights by electronic means.
The organisations shall make available to them at least one reporting method that complies with voluntary industry standards or practices developed at international or European Union level for the electronic exchange of such data.
III. – Once the body has offered the online service provider a method in accordance with the second paragraph of II, it may refuse declarations made in another format.
IV. – Within six months of the declaration, the body shall issue the invoice relating to the declared use, unless reasons attributable to the online service provider prevent it from doing so.
V. – The invoice drawn up in application of the provisions of this code must comply with a format that conforms to the voluntary industry standards or practices referred to in the second paragraph of II.
It shall indicate the works and rights for which a multi-territorial exploitation authorisation has been granted in whole or in part, based on the information mentioned in I of Article R. 321-8, and, as far as possible, the actual exploitation made of them, based on the information provided by the online service provider, as well as the format used to provide this information.
VI. – The organisation sends the invoice to the online service provider electronically.
The provider may not refuse the invoice solely on the grounds of its format if the organisation has complied with the provisions of V of this article. However, it may dispute the accuracy of the invoice by any appropriate means that the organisation makes available to it.