What are the rates ?

The law of 30th June 1994 relating to copyright and related rights provides for a remuneration financed by two sources for the benefit of authors and publishers.

1. A remuneration collected by means of the equipment used for copying is known as the "standard" remuneration.
The manufacturer, occasional importer or purchaser within the Community must pay a remuneration relating to the equipment used to reproduce works set down on a graphic or similar support (mainly paper). The devices referred to are: photocopiers, offset printers, faxes, duplicators and scanners.

2. A remuneration for copies of protected works is called the "proportional" remuneration.
Individuals or legal entities who or which make copies of protected works on equipment belonging to them, which is hired or leased - the law stipulates: equipment which the person concerned manages, supervises or controls - must pay a remuneration. That remuneration must correspond to the number of copies made of the protected works. This applies, among others, to: businesses, copyshops, the civil service, educational establishments, associations, the self-employed, members of the professions and individuals.