- to take all administrative, judicial, arbitral and amicable measures to protect the legitimate rights of their
clients and to collect royalties due;
- to obtain from the users of the work all necessary information for the computation, collection and
distribution of royalties.
68. The associations or companies for the collective management of rights shall not have the right to refuse
to arrange contracts under Article 67 of this Law with the users of the works without a legitimate reason.
69. The user of the work must submit to the association or company a list of the exploitations that he has
undertaken such as the copying, sale, rental or television or radio broadcasting of the work and he shall
indicate the number of copies, the number of public displays of the work or the number of television or radio
broadcasts.
70. Companies and associations shall not have the right to refuse to administer the rights of an author or
collect the royalties owed to him without a legitimate reason.
71. Each company or association must submit an annual report to the authors that have empowered it to
administer their rights and collect royalties owed to them so that the authors can express their opinions as to
the amounts collected, the method of collection and distribution and other administrative issues. The
association must take these comments into account when formulating or modifying its methods of collection
and administration.
72. The authors, the holders of related rights and their representatives shall have the right to examine the
accounts of the company or the association to which they are affiliated whenever they deem it necessary.
73. The authors and the holders of related rights which have empowered a specific association or company
to administer their rights and collect their royalties must inform the association or the company in writing of
the works they have published or those they intend to publish after the date on which they have authorized
the company or the association to administer their rights and collect their royalties.
74. Collected amounts shall, at least once a year, be distributed among right holders in proportion to the
actual use of their works.
75. The power of attorney may be cancelled by the author, the holder of related rights or the association or
company provided that there is a legitimate reason for such cancellation and that the other party is served
notice three months before the end of the year. The cancellation shall have effect as of the end of the year in
which the other party has been served notice of the intention to cancel.
Chapter X
Deposit
76. Works, sound recordings, performances, and radio or television programs shall be deposited with the
Intellectual Property Protection Office at the Ministry of Economy and Trade.
The deposit shall constitute a presumption as to the ownership by the depositor of the work, the sound
recording, the performance or the radio or television program. Such presumption may be refuted by all
available means.
77. Copyright holders, holders of related rights or their particular or universal successors who wish to make
a deposit must submit to the Intellectual Property Protection Office an application signed by them or their
agent containing the following information:
- the title and the type of work, sound recording, performance or radio or television program;
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