REPROBEL

REPROBEL
Square De Meeûs 23/3
Brussels
B-1000
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 551 03 24
Fax: +32 2 551 08 85
Email: reprobel@reprobel.be
web: http://www.reprobel.be

Chief Executive:
Managing Director : Benoît Proot
Chief Executive Email : bproot@reprobel.be

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Director Legal, Strategy and International Relations : Kurt Van Damme
E-Mail : kvandamme@reprobel.be

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : a) History summary : Reprobel was founded in June 1994. In October 1997, Reprobel was appointed as the central collecting society for administering reprography levies in Belgium. Collection started in January 1998. The first distribution of levy fees to the Belgian rights holders was effectuated in 2001. Since 2005, Reprobel is also the central collecting society for administering Public Lending Rights in Belgium. b) Legal system : With respect to Reprography: legal license, with both equipment levy and operator levy (education, libraries, public sector and private sector). With respect to Public Lending Right: legal license.
Year of incorporation : 1994
Year of first collection : 1998
Year of first distribution : 2001

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 14
How are Board Members elected : 7 members are designated by the authors’ collecting societies and 7 by the publishers’ collecting societies
Total number of Author Representatives :7
Total number of Publisher Representatives :7
Remarks about the Board : President: Patrick Lacroix, Reprocopy (Dutch language newspaper publishers CMO) Vice-President: Christian Cherdon, Assucopie (French language educational & scientific authors CMO)

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 14
Total Publishers' Associations :8
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations:7
Remarks about the members : Reprobel members are Belgian collecting societies (CMO's) representing rights holders of reprographic & PLR rights for text and visual works. Authors' CMO's : ASSUCOPIE, JAM/SAJ, SABAM, SACD, SCAM, SOFAM and VEWA Publishers’ CMO's : COPIEBEL, COPIEPRESSE, REPROCOPY, REPRO PP, REPROPRESS, SEMU, LIBRIUS and SABAM (*) SABAM is represented in both the Authors' and Publishers' College but is counted as only one Reprobel member.

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Legal Licence
Other licensing system : None.
Mandating rights holders :
Indirect via authors' and publishers' CMO's (text & visual)

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Types of works licensed : Text works (Authors' College): Journalistic, literary, scientific or educational texts, photographs, other texts, sheet music. Text works (Publishers' College): Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Sheet Music, Other. Visual works (Authors' College): Photos, other visual & graphic works
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery): As determined by law.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : Educational institutions, Public authorities, Institutions for public lending and Private sector (including copyshops)


Digital Licences
Types of works licensed: N.A. yet.
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,
document delivery and storage): N.A. yet.
Types of institutions/sectors licensed : N.A. yet.

Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : Yes
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : Yes
Statistical surveys : Yes
Objective availability : Yes
Possibility to be copied : Yes


AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A : 19
Bilateral agreements type A with : CAL (Australia), Litterar-Mechana (Austria), Access Copyright (Canada), Copibec (Québec), CFC (France), VG Wort (Germany), ICLA (Ireland), JAAC (Japan), Pro Litteris (Liechtenstein), Luxorr (Luxemburg), Stichting Leenrecht (The Netherlands), Reprorecht (The Netherlands), Kopinor (Norway), Copyrus (Russia), Dalro (South Africa), Cedro (Spain), Pro Litteris (Switzerland), CLA (UK), CCC (USA)
Number of Bilateral agreements type B : 12
Bilateral agreements type B with : Cad (Argentina), DHK (Croatia), Copy-Dan (Denmark), HKRRLS (Hong-Kong & Macau), HARR (Hungary), Fjölis (Iceland), JAMCOPY (Jamaica), KOPJAMALT (Malta), MASA (Mauritius), CEMPRO (Mexico), Repronig (Nigeria), LITA (Slovakia)

FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
€ 24,714,901.00
Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
€ 23,055,599.00
Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
€ 22,652,905.00
Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
€ 402,694.00
Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
€ 18,894,506.00
Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs :
€ 2,885,708.00
Total amount distributed from all licensing :
€ 22,202,149.00