FJÖLRIT

P.O. BOX 85
110 TORSHAVN
Faroe Islands
Phone: 
Fax:
e-mail: sigmund@olivant.fo
Web: 

Chief Executive:
Chairman of the Board Sigmund Poulsen, sigmund@olivant.fo

Key representatives:
Chairman of the Council of Representatives: Gunnar Hoydal ghoydal@olivant.fo
Member of the board Zakarias Wang zakarias@olivant.fo



HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History Summary:

Year of incorporation: 1992
Year of first collection: 1993
Year of first distribution: 1994

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members: 3
Total number of Author Representatives: 1
Total number of Publisher Representatives: 1
How are Board Members elected: Annually by the council of representatives
Remarks about Board:


Members:
Total Number of Member Associations: 6
Total Publishers' associations: 1
Total Creators' (authors and visual artists) Associations: 5
Total Rights holders represented: 6
Remarks about the members:
Rightsholders associations to printed material - authors, journalists, photographers, illustrators and composers. The member associations represent app. 300 individual rightsholders

DATES OF FINANCIAL YEAR  May 1 - April 30

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION
Type of National legislation:
Civil law
Common law
The extended collective licence system. The systems is based on the existence of collective organisations representing the rightsholders. On behalf of their members the collective organisations enter into agreements with users of copyright protected works within certain areas.

Legal system: Extended Collective Licence
Other licensing system:
Mandating rights holders:

LICENCES
Reprographic Licences
Types of works licensed: All types of published material except audio visual works and pictorial art which does not appear in a textual context.

Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs, document delivery) :

Types of institutions/sectors licensed: Primary schools, secondary schools, commercial and technical schools, teacher training colleges, folk high schools, music schools, universities, other institutions of higher education, the public administration and governmental departments, municipalities, private enterprises, public and private organisations etc.

Pilot Projects:

Digital Licences
Types of works licensed:
Types of uses licensed (including, where applicable, course packs,document delivery and storage):
Types of institutions/sectors licensed:
Pilot Projects:

Other Licences

Other areas of licensing


DISTRIBUTION
Outline of Distribution plan and methodology used:
Distribution methods: Non title-specific distribution, Statistical surveys
Other distribution method:

AGREEMENTS
Number of Bilateral agreements type A: None
Bilateral agreements type A with:
Number of Bilateral agreements type B:5
Bilateral agreements type B with:  Fjølis, Kopinor, Copy-Dan, Bonus Presskopia
Other agreements with RROs:

FINANCIAL DATA

Total amount collected for all licensing
DKK 800,500.00 (+/- EUR 107,579.63)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing
DKK 800,500.00 (+/- EUR 107,579.63)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing
DKK 800,500.00 (+/- EUR 107,579.63)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide
None

Total amount distributed from all licensing
DKK 581,000.00 (+/- EUR 78,080.90)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders
DKK 581,000.00 (+/- EUR 78,080.90)

Total Amount distributed to foreign RROs
None

The exchange rate of 1 January 2010 was applied, being EUR 1=7.4410 DKK