Activities of one or more independent companies of collective management of copyrights
and related rights shall include management of authors’ rights and related rights holders,
representation and commercial agent of authors and rights holders, as well as administration
and management of license granting scheme, collection, calculation and distribution of
royalties and dividends arising from use of the rights granted under this Law.
However, provisions of this article shall not prohibit any author of work or his or her legal
successors, or any related right owners for exercising directly their rights as granted by this
Law.
For its activities concerning grant of license, collection of royalties and dividends pertaining
to public performance and communication to the public by broadcasting, by cable or
throughout other means of musical or dramatic-musical works, their use and benefit extracted
from it, the fixation of sounds of those works and their use and benefits extracted from it, one
or more independent companies of collective management of copyrights and related rights
shall have to promptly respond to public for any demand of reasonable information about any
documents and registers of such works and benefits extracted from their use, or of such
current performances fixations, according to the normal procedure.
However, the empowered authority has to follow-up the functioning of independent
companies in charge of the management of copyrights granted on the entire national territory.
Article 254: Management of rights belonging to foreigners
The empowered authority ensures the follow-up of conventions which have been signed
between foreign companies and independent n companies of collective management of
copyrights and related rights operating in the country.
However, provisions of paragraph one of this article shall not prohibit one or more
independent companies of management of copyrights and related rights to sign conventions
with other foreign companies of collective management.
PART IV: ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND
PENALITIES
TITLE I: RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT MEASURES
CHAPTER ONE: PREVENTIVE MEASURES
SECTION ONE: CONSERVATORY AND PROVISIONAL MEASURES
Article 255: Application and ordering conservatory and provisional measures in relation
with industrial property
On a request by the owner of the protection title, or of the licensee, where the licensee has
invited the owner to undertake proceedings to obtain the imposition of a penalty and the