Article 1242: Organizations which administer copyrights and related rights collectively

1. Authors, performers, producers of phonograms and other holders of copyrights and related rights in cases where the exercise of their rights is individually difficult or where the present Code of Approval the use of copyrights and related rights without the consent of the rights holders, but with their remuneration, may be established by membership-based non-profit organizations, which, in accordance with the powers conferred upon them by the rights holders, are entrusted with the administration of the rights in question on a collective basis (the collective rights management organizations). 2. The establishment of such organizations shall not prevent the representation of copyright and related rights holders by other legal persons and citizens. ami may be collectively created to administer rights relating to one or more types of copyright and related rights to administer one or more types of copyrights 3. The basis of the organization ' s power to administer rights under the Convention a Collectively, a contract of transfer of power to administer rights concluded by such an organization with the right holder in writing, except in the case provided for by the person concerned The first paragraph of article 1244, paragraph 3, of the present Code may be concluded with rights holders who are members of such an organization and with rights holders who are not members of such an organization. This collective rights management organization is obliged to take over the administration of these rights if the administration of such a category of rights is part of the statutory activities of the organization. The authority of the organization to administer rights collectively may also be based on a contract with another organization, including a foreign, managing rights collectively. The general provisions on obligations (arts. 307-419) and on the treaty (arts. 420-453) apply to the treaties referred to by the wazas in the first preambular paragraph, since the contrary does not arise from the content of the treaty. 4. The rules of this section on exclusive exclusion and licensing contracts shall not apply to those contracts. 5. Rights management organizations shall not be entitled to use copyright and related property to which they have transferred exclusive rights. and collectively has the right, on behalf of rights holders or in their own name, to bring claims before a court, as well as to perform other legal acts necessary for the protection of the rights transferred to them by the court. Accredited organization (art. 1244) is also entitled, on behalf of an indeterminate group of rights holders, to bring claims before a court necessary for the protection of rights. 6. The legal status of collective rights management organizations, the functions of these organizations and the rights and duties of their members shall be determined The present Code, the laws on non-profit organizations and the statutes of the organizations concerned.