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- royalties collected on behalf of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting
organizations;
- royalties collected on the use of works based on national folklore;
- royalties collected on the use of works that have fallen into the domaine public payant;
- proceeds of penalties and compensation, and damages arising from legal action;
- interest on investments;
- grants, donations and bequests.
Article 28 – The expenses of the Togolese Copyright Office shall include:
- general operating, equipment, investment and staff costs;
- legal and other costs incurred in the defense of copyright and neighboring rights;
- the amount of royalties on copyright and neighboring rights distributed among authors
and their auxiliaries or successors in title.
Article 29 – The Office's expenses shall be deducted from all royalties collected. The
proportion levied to cover costs shall be determined in advance each year by the
Governing Board on the basis of a proposal by the Director-General and shall be
approved by the Minister responsible for culture.
Article 30 – The royalties on copyright and neighboring rights collected by the Togolese
Copyright Office shall be distributed, after deduction of actual expenditure, among
authors in accordance with the scales adopted by the Office.
Article 31 – At the end of each financial year, the Director-General shall establish for that
year:
- a management account that includes income and expenditure as defined in Articles 25
and 28 of the present Decree;
- a management account that includes income and expenditure connected with the social
security fund;
- a balance sheet showing the Office's situation on the last day of the year in question.
For the purposes of implementation of the present Article, the accounting year shall begin
on January 1 and end on December 31.
CHAPTER III – Cultural promotion fund
Article 32 – The Togolese Copyright Office shall be authorized to open a special
appropriation account called the Cultural Promotion Fund.
Article 33 – The following amounts shall be paid annually into the Cultural Promotion
Fund:
- Three per cent of royalties collected by the Togolese Copyright Office on copyright
and neighboring rights;
- Five per cent of income from theatres managed by the Ministry responsible for culture;
- 15 per cent of amounts collected by the Office from folklore and the domaine public
payant;