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With it's recently published work program the Commission announced to work on a frame directive on collective management. The intention is to create a EEA wide frame of regulations on governance and transparency applicable to collective rights managers. As was pointed out in the hearing, the EVA societies take this issues very serious and comply with a high standard of transparency. They have set up their code of conduct published on this site. They also follow the CISAC professional rules.
Prof Dr. Gerhard Pfennig, managing Director of VG Bild-Kunst, urged the Commssion to take care that such regulations apply to all bodies managing rights collectively in order to prevent unfair competition. Collecting societies would need a point of reference when obliged to cooperate with other managers that do not have to comply with the same level of regulations.
Christophe Depreter, Managing Director of SABAM, reminded the Commission that the visual arts societies have created back in 2002 already a one-stop-shop for world wide digitial rights.