Book II: Rights related to copyright

The commission provided for in Article L. 214-4 sits either in plenary formation, or in formations specialising in one or more branches of activity. Each of these panels is chaired by the chairman of the commission and includes an equal number of representatives of the beneficiaries of the remuneration right and representatives of phonogram users. .

An alternate is appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 214-4 for each of the full representatives of organisations of beneficiaries of the right to remuneration and phonogram users. Alternate members of the Commission attend meetings and take part in deliberations only in the absence of the full representative they are deputising for. .

The chairman and members of the committee are appointed for three years. Vacancies occurring during the term of office shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term.

The committee and its specialist bodies meet when convened by the chairman and on the agenda he has set. Meetings are convened as of right when requested, on a specific agenda, either by the minister responsible for culture or by one third of the members of the committee.

The Commission and its specialised committees may only validly deliberate if three quarters of their members are present or duly represented. If this quorum is not reached, the commission is reconvened within eight days; it may then deliberate regardless of the number of members present.

The members of the commission are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to the documents and information of which they have been made aware.

The secretariat of the commission is provided by the services of the minister responsible for culture. The meetings of the commission are not public. However, the committee may hear any person it deems useful. The committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. The committee’s decisions shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic by the minister responsible for culture.