Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Collective management organisations draw up an annual transparency report, including a special report on the use of sums deducted for the provision of social, cultural or educational services, in particular in application of article L. 324-17. These reports are made public and sent to the Minister of Culture and to the Commission de Contrôle des Organismes de Gestion des Droits d’Auteur et des Droits Neighbours, no later than eight months…

Collective management organisations establish and manage a single electronic database listing, with the names of their beneficiaries, the amount and use of the sums mentioned in article L. 324-17. This database shall be regularly updated and made available free of charge on an online public communication service, in an open and freely reusable format. Without prejudice to their other legal publicity obligations, collective management organisations also publish updated information on…

I.-The organisations make available at least once a year, in accordance with the procedures defined by the articles of association or general regulations, to each of the right holders to whom they have distributed or paid income from the exploitation of their rights during the previous financial year, information relating to the management of these rights determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. II.-When income from the exploitation of rights…

In response to a duly justified request, collective management organisations shall communicate, by electronic means and within a period not exceeding one month, to the holders of rights managed by the organisation in any capacity whatsoever, to organisations on whose behalf they manage rights under a representation agreement and to users, the following information: 1° The works or other protected subject matter they represent, the rights they manage, directly or…

The conditions under which members of collective management organisations may obtain, with due respect for the secrets protected by law, communication of documents or information, including of a nominative nature relating to the current meeting or financial year, within a period set by the articles of association or general regulations, which may not be less than two months before the general meeting referred to in article L. 323-5, are set…

At least one tenth of the members of the body may apply to the courts for the appointment of one or more experts to submit a report on one or more management operations. For the purposes of calculating the number of members referred to in the first paragraph, the members of a body representing holders of rights which is itself a member of the body shall be deemed to be…