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Article 5 – The Office's rules of procedure shall be established by the governing board in
order to determine the terms on which the Office shall carry out operations in line with its
objectives.
Article 6 – The terms and conditions for authors' membership of the Togolese Copyright
Office (BUTODRA) shall be determined by order of the Minister responsible for culture
on the basis of a proposal of the Governing Board.
CHAPTER II – Administrative regime
Article 7 – The organizational structure of the Togolese Copyright Office shall consist of:
1. the Governing Board;
2. the general management.
I – THE GOVERNING BOARD
Article 8 – The governing board of the Togolese Copyright Office (BUTODRA) shall
have the following members:
- a person appointed by order of the Minister responsible for culture: the Chairman of
the Board;
- the Director of Cultural Affairs at the Ministry responsible for culture;
- another representative of the Ministry responsible for culture;
- a representative of the Ministry of the Interior and Security;
- a representative of the Ministry of Information;
- a representative of the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research;
- a representative of the Ministry of Justice;
- a representative of the Directorate of Industrial Property;
- eight representatives of authors, publishers, performers, phonogram producers and
broadcasting organizations;
- two persons chosen by the Minister responsible for culture on account of their
competence or qualifications or their interest in promoting national culture.
Article 9 – The two persons chosen by the minister responsible for culture on account of
their competence or qualifications or their interest in promoting national culture shall be
appointed for a non-renewable term of two years.
The eight members of the governing board who represent authors and their auxiliaries
shall serve for a term of two (2) years that may be renewed once. The members of the
governing board shall be entitled to fees for the performance of their functions, the
amount of which shall be determined by the Governing Board and approved by the
supervising Minister.
The term of office of any member who fails to attend three (3) consecutive board
meetings shall be terminated automatically, except in cases of force majeure, proof of
which must be provided to the supervising Minister.