6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 1/61Law 4481/2017
Collectiv e management of cop yright and r elated rights, multi-territ orial licensing in musical works for online use in
the internal mark et and other issues falling within the scope of the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts.
Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette A ΄  100/20.07.2017
Note: Law 4481/2017 as cited below is updated t o entail all the latest amendments and addendums. The latest
ones ha ve been intr oduced b y Law 4996/2022 (Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette (FEK) Α ' 218/24.11.2022).
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SECTION 1: COLLEC TIVE M ANAGEMEN T AND O THER M ATTERS
Article 1: Purpose
Article 2: Scope (Ar ticle 2 par . 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 3: Denitions (Ar ticles 3 items (a), (b) t o (e), (f ), (h) t o (n) and 36 par agraph 1 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 4: Oper ating License
Article 5: Establishment of a unitar y collectiv e management or ganisation
Article 6: Competencies
Article 7: Pr esumptions
Article 7Α : Collectiv e licensing with an extended eff ect
Article 8: Gener al pr ovisions – Oper ation and Or ganisation
Article 9: Gener al Assembly of Members (Ar ticle 8 par agraphs 2 t o 12 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 10: Super visor y Boar d (Ar ticle 9 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 11: Relationships between the collectiv e management or ganisations and rightholders - Gener al principles
(Articles 4 and 5 (1) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 12: Management A uthorization (Ar ticle 5 (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) (a) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 13: Admission of Members (Ar ticle 6 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 14: Licenses for non-commer cial uses (Ar ticle 5 (3) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 15: Rights of rightholders who ar e not members of a collectiv e management or ganisation (Ar ticle 7 (1) of
the Dir ectiv e)
Article 16: Obligation t o inform of the rightholders’ works
Article 17: Rights r evenue (Ar ticle 11 of Dir ectiv e)
Article 18: Deductions (Ar ticle 12 par agraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 19: Distribution of amounts due t o rightholders (Ar ticle 13, par agraphs 1 t o 6 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 20: Rights management under r epresentation agr eements (ar ticle 14 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 21: Deductions and pa yments in r epresentation agr eements (Ar ticle 15 par agraphs 1,2 and 3 of the
Directiv e)
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 2/61Article 22: Licencing, determination of r emuner ation and equitable r emuner ation (Ar ticle 16 par agraphs 1 t o 4 and
Article 35 par agraph 1 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 23: Tariffs (Ar ticle 16 par agraph 2(c) subpar agraph c and 3 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 24: Users’ obligations (Ar ticle 17 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 25: Information pr ovided t o rightholders on the management of their rights (Ar ticle 18 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 26: Information pr ovided t o other collectiv e management or ganisations on the management of rights
under r epresentation agr eements (Ar ticle 19 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 27: Information pr ovided t o rightholders, other collectiv e management or ganisations and users on r equest
(Article 20 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 28: Disclosur e of information (Ar ticle 21 par agraphs 1 and 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 29: Annual tr anspar ency r epor t (Ar ticle 22 par agraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 30: The content of the tr anspar ency r epor t (Annex t o the Dir ectiv e)
Article 31: Obligations of the persons who manage the business of the collectiv e management or ganisation
(Article 10 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 32: Independent management entities (Ar ticle 36 par agraphs 1 and 2 par . 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 33: Conditions for multi-territ orial licencing for online rights in musical works (Ar ticle 24 par agraphs 1 and
2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 34: Transpar ency of multi-territ orial r eper toire information (Ar ticle 25 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 35: Accur acy of information on multi-territ orial r eper toires (Ar ticle 26 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 36: Accur ate and timely r epor ting and inv oicing (Ar ticle 27 (1) t o (5) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 37: Accur ate and timely pa yment t o rightholders (Ar ticle 28 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 38: Agr eements between collectiv e management or ganisations for multi-territ orial licensing (Ar ticle 29 of
the Dir ectiv e)
Article 39: Obligation t o represent another collectiv e management or ganisation for multi-territ orial licensing
(Article 30 (1) t o (6) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 40: Access t o multi-territ orial licensing (Ar ticle 31 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 41: Specic arr angements (Ar ticle 32 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 42: Complaint pr ocedur es (Ar ticle 33 par agraphs 1 and 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 43: Notication of potential violations (Ar ticle 36 par agraph 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 44: Alternativ e dispute r esolution pr ocedur es (Ar ticle 34 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 45: (Ar ticle 35 par agraph 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 46: Sanctions (Ar ticle 36 (3), sub-par agraphs one and two of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 47: Collection of the ne
Article 48: Ex change of information between competent authorities (Ar ticle 37 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 49: Pr otection of personal data (Ar ticle 42 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 50: Collectiv e management b y independent management entities in dominant position
Article 51: Commissioner for Reor ganisation
Article 51A
Article 52: Rights infringement on the internet
Article 53: Transitional pr ovisions (second subpar agraph of Ar ticle 5 (8) of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 54: Repealed and amended pr ovisions of Law 2121/1993
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Article 1: Purpose
1. The purpose of the rst section of the law is to harmoniz e the natio nal legislation with the Directiv e
2014/26/EU “on the collectiv e mana gement of copyright and related rights and multi-territ orial licensing in
musical works for online use in the internal mark et” (EE L 84), the regulation of oper ation of collectiv e
management organisations or collectiv e protection organisations and of independent management entities,
together with the amendment of the pr ovisions of Law 2121/1993 ( Α΄ 25).
 
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Article 2: Scope (Ar ticle 2 par . 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Articles 1 to 54 shall apply to the collectiv e management organizations whic h are established within the Greek
territ ory, as well as, wher e explicitly  provided by law, to the collectiv e protection organizations which are
established within the Gr eek territ ory.
2. Articles 33 to 41 and paragraph 2 of Article 44 shall apply to the collectiv e management organizations which
are established within the Greek territ ory and administer the rights of authors of musical works which are
intended for online uses on a multi-territ orial basis.
3. Articles 1 to 54 shall apply to the management and protection of the rights of related – rights holders, which are
regulated under the Chapter 8 of the Law 2121/1993 (Ocial Government Gazette (FEK) 25/A/04.03.1993) unless
other wise pr ovided.
4. The provisions of Articles 1 to 54 shall apply to the entities which belong to or lie under the contr ol of, either
directly or indir ectly , ether in whole or in part, a collectiv e management organization provided that such entities
conduct an activity that if it would be conducted by a collectiv e management organization, it would be subject to
the pr ovisions of this Law .
5. The provisions of Articles 1 to 54 shall apply to mandates of collectiv e management organizations (either
natur al or legal persons), to whom powers or activities provided either under  this Law or by the Law 2121/1993,
which ar e related t o collectiv e management, had been assigned either in whole or in par t.
6. Paragraph 1 of Article 22, Articles 25 and 27, sections a), b), c), f), g) h), i) and ji), as well as paragraph 3 of
Article 28, Article 32, Article 43, Articles 46 and 47 and Article 49 shall apply to all independent management
entities which ar e established within the Gr eek territ ory (as amended under Ar ticle 47 of the Law 4996/2022).6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 4/617. The provisions concerning collectiv e management organizations, as provided by Articles 1 to 54, exempt from
paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 32, shall apply to the independent management entities referred to in Article 50,
unless if specically other wise pr ovided for them her ein.
8.Articles 1 to 54 shall also apply to the collectiv e management organizations and independent management
entities which are established outside European Union (EU) but they are oper ating within the Greek territ ory,
unless other wise pr ovided under this Law .
9. Whe re, in this Law, a reference is made to the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) shall also be included (as
amended b y par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 51 of the Law 4761/2020).
 
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Article 3: Denitions (Ar ticles 3 items (a), (b) t o (e), (f ), (h) t o (n) and 36 par agraph 1 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. For the purposes of Ar ticles 1 t o 54 the following denitions shall apply:
a) ‘Collec tive management organisat ion’ means any organisation which is authoriz ed by law or by way of
assignment, license or any other contr actual arrangement to manage copyright or related rights on behalf of more
than one rightholde r, for the collectiv e benet of those rightholders, as its sole or main purpose, and which fulls
one or both of the following criteria:
(aa) it is owned or contr olled b y its members;
(bb) it is or ganiz ed on a not-for-pr ot basis.
b) ‘Collectiv e protection organisation ’ means any organisation authoriz ed by way of assignment, license or any
other contr actual arrangement for the protection of copyright or related rights on behalf of more than one
rightholder and for their collectiv e benet, as its sole or main purpose.
c) ‘Indepe ndent management entity ’ means any organisation which is authoriz ed by law or byway of assignment,
license or any other contr actual arrangement to manage copyright or related rights on behalf of more than one
rightholder , for the collectiv e benet of those rightholders, as its sole or main purpose, and which is: aa) neither
owned nor contr olled, directly or indir ectly , wholly or partly, by rightholders, and bb) it is organiz ed on a for-pr ot
basis.
d) ‘Righth older ’ means any person or entity , other than a collectiv e management organisation, which holds a
copyright or a relate d right or, under an agreement for the exploitation of rights or by law, is entitled to a shar e of
the rights r evenue.
e) ‘Member ’ means a rightholder or an entity representing rightholders, including other collectiv e management
organisations and associations of rightholders, fullling the requir ements of the collectiv e management
organisation for the admission and r egistr ation of members and admitted b y it.
f) ‘Statute ’ means the memor andum and Articles of Association, the rules or documents of constitution of a
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 5/61g) ‘Object of protection ’ means the subject-matter protected by a related right in accor dance with the Law
2121/1993.
h) ‘Operating license ’ means the decis ion of the Minister of Cultur e and Sports authorizing the oper ation of a
collectiv e managem ent or collectiv e protection organisation and an independent management entity referred to in
Article 50.
i) ‘Gener al Assembl y of Members’ means the body in the collectiv e managem ent organisation, wher ein members
participate and ex ercise their v oting rights, r egar dless of the legal form of the or ganisation.
j) ‘Rights revenue ’ means income colle cted by a collectiv e management organisation on behalf of rightholders,
whether deriving fr om an ex clusiv e right, a right t o remuner ation or a right t o compensation.
k) ‘Management fees’ means the amou nts char ged, deducted or offset by a collectiv e management organisation
from right s revenue or from any income arising from the investment of rights  revenue, in order to cover the costs
of its management of copyright or related rights. With regar d to collectiv e protection organisations ‘management
fees’ means the amounts char ged, deducted, or offset fr om the contributions of their members.
l) ‘Representation agreement’ means any agreement between collectiv e management organisations wher eby one
collectiv e management organisation mandates another collectiv e management organisation to manage the rights
it represents, including the agr eement concluded under Ar ticles 38 and 39.
m) ‘User’ means any person or entity that is carrying out acts subject to the authorization of the rightholders,
remuner ation of the rightholders or payment of compensation to rightholders and is not acting in the capacity of a
consumer .
n) ‘Reper toire’ means the works or objects of protection in respect to which a collectiv e management organisation
manages rights.
o) ‘Multi-territ orial license ’ means a license which co vers the territ ory of mor e than one EU Member State.
p) ‘Online rights in musical works’ means any of the rights of an author in a musical work provided for under items
(a) and (g) of par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 3 of Law 2121/1993, which ar e requir ed for the pr ovision of an online ser vice.
q) ‘HCO’ means the Hellenic Copyright Organisation, which is the competent body for copyright and related rights
issues in Greece. Also, HCO is the competent authority for the disclosur e of information provided for under
Articles 36, 37, 38 and 41 of the Dir ectiv e, in accor dance with the mor e specic pr ovisions of this Law .
 
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Article 4: Oper ating License
1. Any collectiv e management organisation, collectiv e protection organisation and independent management
entity under Article 50, established in the Greek territ ory and intending to assume the collectiv e management or
protection of the powers deriving from the economic right of the authors or rightholders of related rights, is6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 6/61requir ed to obtain an oper ating licens e granted by the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, in accor dance with the
procedur e set out in this Ar ticle.
2. The concerned organisation or independent entity referred to in Article 50 shall, befor e the commencement of
its oper ation, submit t o the HCO an application, obligat orily accompanied b y the following:
a) its statute, including its capital, t o the extent that it is r equir ed under the r espectiv e legal form;
b) the lega l representativ e, the member s of the Boar d of Directors and of the Super visor y Boar d and the Director –
Gener al, if any. Thes e persons need to not have been char ged, by way of nal judgment, with a felony , or convicted
of felony or misdemeanour punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment of two (2) years, or, regar dless of the
quantum of the penalty , of crimes against proper ty or proper ty rights for smuggling, counter feiting or forgery, tax
evasion, active and passiv e corruption. To ascer tain the non-nal referral and the non-conviction of the previous
subpar agraph, thes e persons shall submit to the HCO a certicate of non- referral from the competent judicial
authority and a copy of their criminal recor d certifying that they have never been convicted. Those persons must
also submit a statement of information r eferred to in item (d) of par agraph 2 of Ar ticle 31;
c) the number of rightholders who have entrusted or will entrust the organisation with the management or
protection of the powers deriving fr om their economic right;
d) a dr aft of the assignment agr eement, indicating the legal form and dur ation of management or pr otection;
e) the rights distribution regulation, indicating the time, the principles and the method of distribution of the rights
revenue per categor y of rightholders;
f) the amount of management fees, as well as any other information that requested by the Ministr y of Cultur e and
Spor ts or the HCO , to assur e the oper ational sustainability and effectiv enes s of the collectiv e management or
collectiv e protection or ganisation or independent management entity r eferred to in Ar ticle 50.
The colle ctive protection organisation s do not submit the item under (e), nor the list of members of the
Super visor y Boar d.
 3. If the requir ements of this Law are met and it is evident that the applican t organisation or the applicant
independent entity referred to in Article 50 are sustainable and can effectiv ely manage the rights of the
rightholders who have entrusted them  with the management or protection of their rights and upon conforming
suggestion by HCO , the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts grants an oper ating license by means of a reasoned
decision, which is communicated to HCO and to the applicant organisation or the independent management entity
referred to in Article 50. The decision granting the oper ating license to the collectiv e management or the collectiv e
protection organisa tion or to the independent management entity of referred to in Article 50 is published in the
Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette and posted on the websites of HCO and of the licensed or ganisation.
 4. The collectiv e management organisation and the independent management entity referred to in Article 50 is
obliged, no later than three (3) months following the publication of their oper ating license in the Ocial
Government Gazette, to send to HCO their tariff table in order for the HCO latter to post it on its website accor ding
to the pr ovisions of par agraph 2 of Ar ticle 23.6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 7/61 5. Any modication of the elements referred to in paragraph 2 is communicated to the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts and to HCO immediately and no later than ve (5) days following the change. If the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts does not raise any objections, upon reasoned recommendation by HCO and within thirty (30) days
following the communication of the modication, it shall be deemed appr oved. Until the expir y of the above
deadline, as well as in case on non-communication, the elements of paragraph 2 prior to the modication are still
valid.
 6. If the collectiv e management organis ation or the collectiv e protection organisation wishes to extend its
competencies, a prior expansion of its corresponding oper ating license for the granting of which the provisions of
the pr esent Ar ticle ar e implemented, is r equir ed.
 7. Without prejudice to the last subpar agraph, collectiv e management organizations and independent
management entitie s which established in another EU Member – State, may oper ate within the Greek territ ory
following the issuance of a decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, upon a recommendation from the
Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO),  by the means of which the notication to the HCO of their intent to oper ate
within the Gr eek territ ory and the submission of the following ar e determined:
a) communication details which inclu de their addr ess, VAT identication number , register ed oce and legal
representativ e,
b) evidence showing the existence of the establishment t o that Member - State,
c) a regist ration certicate to a comm ercial register provided there is a relevant provision under the national law
of the Member – State of establishment,
d) a prior  licensing certicate for the exercise of collectiv e management or of a registr ation certicate to a
relevant register , provided there is a relevant provision under the nation al law of the Member – State of
establishment, othe rwise, in the case wher e there is not a relevant register or a licensing regime into the countr y
of establishment, evidence or docume nts demonstr ating the compliance with the prerequisites of their oper ation
as collectiv e management organizations or independent management entities  in accor dance with the national law
of the Member – State of establishment, shall be submitted.
Wher e there is a failur e to submit the above and they are not lled within the reasonable time-limit provided by the
HCO , the latter shall not proceed to the recommendation of the rst subpar agraph and informs the applicant. An
established in another EU Member – State collectiv e management organization which wishes to oper ate within
the Greek territ ory, by exercising collectiv e management of rights over works or subject – matters of protection
that fall within the regime of mandat ory collectiv e management in accor dance with the Law 2121/1993 (A’ 25),
shall be requir ed to obtain an oper ating license from the competent body of the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts, in
accor dance with what provided for under this Law (as amended by paragraph 2 of Article 51 of the Law
4761/2020.
 8. Subject to complian ce with the prerequisites provided under Article 32, an independent management entity ,
which is established  within the Greek territ ory, may oper ate following the issuance of a decision of the competent
body of the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts, upon a recommendation from the HCO , by the means of which the
notication t o the HCO and the submission of the following ar e determined:6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 8/61a) communication details which include its addr ess, V AT identication number , register ed oce and legal
representativ e,
b) the list of the rightsholders whom it r epresents and of their r espectiv e works or subject – matters of pr otection,
as well as the type of management t o which it pr oceeds, and
c) evidence fr om which it follows that the conditions of the denition of an independent management entity , as
provided under point c) of Ar ticle 3, ar e met.
Wher e ther e is a failur e to submit the abo ve and the y are not lled within the r easonable time-limit pr ovided b y the
HCO , the Boar d of Dir ectors of the latter shall not pr occed t o the r ecommendation of the rst subpar agraph and
informs the applicant (as amended b y par agraph 2 of Ar ticle 51 of Law 4761/2020)
 9. Collectiv e management organizations which had not obtained an oper ating license, in accor dance with Article
4, are prohibited from proceeding to the management or protection of the rights represented by them and to
exercise the powers which ar e provided under Ar ticle 6.
* Compliance obligation of the existing Collectiv e Management Organizations and Independent Management
Entities
The existing collectiv e management organizations, independent management entities and independent
management entitie s referred to in Article 50, which fall within the scope of application of Article 4 of the Law
4481/2017 (A’ 100) shall comply with  the requir ements provided under the Law 4761/2020 within one-month
period of its publica tion. In case of non- compliance, the provisions of paragraph 9 of Article 4 of this Law shall
apply (as added b y Article 52 of Law 4761/2020).
 
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Article 5: Establishment of a unitar y collectiv e management or ganisation
1. Collectiv e managem ent organisations  oper ating with appr oval from the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may
establish a unitar y collectiv e management organisation which they authoriz e exclusiv ely with the competence, in
particular , to negotiate, grant licenses , conclude remuner ations agreement s, claim the right to remuner ation,
proceed to any judic ial or extrajudicial action, collect the relevant remuner ation from users and distribute it to the
respectiv e collectiv e management or ganisations.
2. The provisions of this Law on collectiv e management shall also apply to the licensing of the unitar y collectiv e
management or ganisation, as well as t o any other issue r elated t o collectiv e management.
3. Any pending trials at the time of establishment of a unitar y collectiv e management organisation shall be
continued b y the original litigating par ties until the y are nally disposed of. continue until their nal completion.
 
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 9/61Article 6: Competencies
1. 1. Collectiv e management or ganisations ha ve indicativ ely the following competencies and any other
competence consistent with the natur e and purpose of a collectiv e management or ganisation of case a ’ of Ar ticle
3, pr ovided that the y are included in the authorization of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and pr ovided for in
their statute:
a) to manage the economic right, the powers deriving therefrom, categories of powers or types of works or
objects of pr otection for the territ ories of the rightholders;
b) to enter  into agreements with users on the terms of exploitation of the works as well as on the due, percentage
and/or r easonable r emuner ation;
c) to ensur e that rightholders receiv e a propor tional in accor dance with paragraph 1 of Article 32 of Law
2121/1993;
d) tocollect the remuner ation provided for in this Law and in Law 2121/1993  and to distribute to the rightholders
the amounts r eceiv ed;
e) to exercise the right of the rightholder to grant a license or refuse it for a cable oper ator to retransmit cable or
other material tr ansmissions in accor dance with Ar ticle 35 of Law 2121/1993;
f) toconclude representation agreements and inform the other collecting societies about the revenues,
deductions, licenses granted and any other information relating to the management of rights under these
agreements pr ovided for in this Law or in Law 2121/1993;
g) toprovide righth olders, other collecting societies under representation agreements and users - even the
potential ones- with the information pr ovided for in Ar ticles 25 t o 27;
h) to publish and post on their websites the information r equir ed in accor dance with Ar ticle 28,
i) to prepar e and publish the annual tr anspar ency r epor t referred to in Ar ticle 29,
j) to grant multi-territ orial licenses for online rights in musical works, provided that they meet the legal
requir ements and tak e all the r elevant actions pr ovided for in this Law ,
ja) Pursuant to the fourth subpar agraph of Article 7 (1), to under take any administr ative, judicial or extrajudicial
action for the legitimate protection of the rights of the rightholders and, in particular , submit applications for
interim measur es, bring actions, appea l, sue and prosecute, bring civil proceedings, seek the prohibition of acts
infringing copyright  with regar d to the powers conf erred upon them and request the seizur e of unlawful copies or
the judicial escr ow of the goods in accor dance with Ar ticle 64 of Law 2121/1993;
jb) to receiv e from users all the information necessar y for the application of the tariffs, the calculation of the
remuner ation and the collection and distribution of rights, using the r elevant r ecogniz ed industrial standar ds;
jc) to conduct in collabor ation with the public authority or in accor dance with the procedur e laid down in Article 64
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 10/61publicly performing the works they protect in order to ascer tain whether these acts do not infringe the rights of
the rightholders;
jd) to provide social, cultur al or educational ser vices for the benet of the rightholders;
je) to organiz e and par ticipate in conf erences on cop yright and r elated rights issues.
2. 2. The cases (h), (ja), (jc), (jd) and (je) of the afor ementioned par agraph, as well as par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 17
shall also apply t o collectiv e protection or ganisations.
 
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Article 7: Pr esumptions
1. Collectiv e managem ent organisations and collectiv e protection organisations are presumed to have the power
to manag e and protect the rights of all works or objects of protection or all the rightsholders for which or for
whom they state in writing that the relevant powers or equitable remuner ation rights have been transf erred to
them or that the y act under power - of -att orne y or any other contr actual agr eement.
Insofar as a collectiv e management organisation, oper ating under the licens e granted by the Minister of Cultur e
and Spor ts, exercises rights or brings  claims under Law 2121/1993, which are subject to mandat ory collectiv e
management, it is presumed that it represents all, and without exception, rightsholders, nationals and foreigners,
and all, and without exception, their works. If, in the case of the preceding paragraph, there are more collectiv e
management organisations for a specic categor y of rightsholders, the l presumption applies if the rights are
exercised jointly by all the relevant collectiv e management organisations accor ding to the more specic
provisions of Law 2121/1993. Collectiv e management and collectiv e protection organisations can act in their
name, judicially or extra judicially , if their competence is based on a transf er of the relevant power , or on a power -
of - attorne y, or on any other contr actual agreement. Also, they are entitled to exercise all the rights that have been
transf erred to them by the rightholder s or they are covered by power - of - attorne y or by any other contr actual
agreement.
2. In order to ensur e the legal protection of works and rightsholders represented by a collectiv e management
organisation or a collectiv e protection organisation, with regar ds to works used without the requisite permission
or without  payment of equitable remuner ation, a mere sample of such works  is sucient and no thorough list is
requir ed.
3. The presumptions shall be applied by the collectiv e management organisatio ns in such a way as to not affect
the rights of the rightholders, as provided for in the Law, and in particular , their ability to assign or not, either
wholly or in part, to distinct collectiv e management organisations the management of certain powers or certain
works or other subject-matter of pr otection.
4. If a righth older disp utes that a collectiv e management organisation is comp etent for a given work which was
included in the statement provided for in paragraph 1 and in the contr act concluded with a user on the basis of
such statement, then the organisation shall be obliged to assist the counterpar ty of the user in every possible way,
and in particular , to inter vene in the relevant cour t. If it is shown that the organisation did not represent the work,6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 11/61such organisation shall be liable for damages to the counterpar ty and may be sanctioned in accor dance with
Article 46. The relevant claim of the rightholder shall be brought in accor dance with the special labour disputes
procedur e. This par agraph does not apply t o cases of mandat ory collectiv e management.
 
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Article 7Α : Collectiv e licensing with an extended eff ect
1. In relation  to uses of works or other subject – maters of protection, except from audio visual works, within the
Greek territory, collectiv e management organisations and collectiv e protectio n organisations may alternativ ely, by
the means  of a statement to the user , represent also rightholders who had not authoriz ed them accor dingly . The
representation provided under this Article applies provided that the following conditions are cumulativ ely met: a)
the organization which mak es the statement, is, on the basis of its mandates, suciently representativ e of
rightholders in the relevant type of works or other subject matter of protection in Greece, b) the inter ests of
rightholders are ensur ed, as they are provided by the law, and in particular the equal treatment of all rightholders,
among others in relation to the terms of the license and of their ability to authoriz e or not different collectiv e
management organizations either in whole or in part the management of their certain powers or of certain works
or of subject – matters of protection, c) due to the natur e of the intended uses of works or other subject – matters
of protection, the obtaining of the license from rightholders on an individual basis is typically oner ous and
impr actical, namely  it could not cover all rightholders involved, d) the publicity measur es provided under sections
k), ka) and kb) of par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 28 ar e met.
2. In the case wher e more organisations meet the above conditions, the legal consequences of the statement
provided under par agraph 1 occur when all or ganisations ar e making it jointly .
3. Rightholders who have not authorised the organisation granting the licenses under paragraph 1 may at any time
exclude from the organisation ’s representativ e power any of their works or other subject – matters of protection
or their uses by the means of a written or electr onical declar ation to him in accor dance with section ka) of
paragraph 1 of Ar ticle 28. In this case, par agraph 2 of Ar ticle 12 applies mutatis mutandis.
4. Paragraphs 1 t o 3 shall not apply t o mandat ory collectiv e management.
5. In the case wher e a collectiv e management organisation grants licenses in accor dance with paragraphs 1 and
2, rightholders who had not granted him with such an authorization, shall have equal treatment with those who
had pr oceeded t o such an authorization.
6. For the legal protec tion of the works and of the rightholders who are represen ted by the collectiv e management
organisation or by the collection protection organisation, paragraph 2 of Article shall be applicable (as added with
Article 14 of the Law 4996/2022 (par agraphs 1 t o 5 of Ar ticle 12 of the Dir ectiv e (EU) 2019/790)).
 
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Article 8: Gener al pr ovisions – Oper ation and Or ganisation6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 12/611. Collectiv e management or ganisations oper ate under any legal form under the terms of case a ’ of Ar ticle 3.
2. If the colle ctive man agement organisa tions oper ate in the form of a public limited company , the shar es of that
company are obligat orily wholly nominativ e and to the rest, the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of
Article 24 of Law 1746/1988 (A’2) are applicable. The communication that is provided for under paragraphs 6 and
7 of Ar ticle 24 of Law 1746/1988 is made t owar ds the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts and t owar ds the HCO .
3. Collectiv e managem ent organisations may also oper ate in the form of civil cooper atives accor ding to Law
1667/1986 (A ’ 196). In this case: ( Α΄ 196). In this case:
a) wher e in Law 1667/1988 the Ministr y of National Economy is mentioned  as the competent authority , for the
implementation of this law the competent authority is the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts;
b) these cooper atives may be established and oper ate in the Greek territ ory as an exception to the principle of
locality;
c) legal persons ma y also par ticipate as members in the cooper atives;
d) the statute of these cooper atives ma y provide for:
aa) without prejudice to Α rticle 13, term s, internal procedur es and bodies that decide on the entry, withdr awal or
exclusion of a partner, in derogation  from the terms, the procedur es and the bodies that are provided in
paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Ar ticle 2 of Law 1667/1986;
bb) the right of the partners to obtain an unlimited number of optional shar es under the terms of paragraph 5 of
Article 9;
cc) the non-tr ansf erability of cooper ative shar es;
dd) without prejudice to paragraph 5 of Article 9, categories of partners, either without a right to vote or with a
number of v otes per par tner that is independent fr om the number of obligat ory or optional shar es of each par tner;
ee) the terms that determine the quor um and participation in the gener al meeting in derogation from the terms
provided for in Ar ticle 5 of Law 1667/1986;
e) these cooper atives are alwa ys of limited liability and partners are not personally liable for the debts of the
cooper atives.
 
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Article 9: Gener al Assembly of Members (Ar ticle 8 par agraphs 2 t o 12 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. A Gener al Assembly of Members shall be conv ened at least once a y ear.
2. The Gener al Assembly of Members shall decide on the following matters:
a) the amendments of the statute;6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
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aa) the appointment or dismissal of the members of the Boar d of Directors and the members of the Super visor y
Boar d;
bb) the appr oval of the remuner ation or the provision of any other , monetar y or non-monetar y, benet to the
members of the Boar d of Directors and of the Super visor y Boar d and the Director - Gener al, following an
assessment of their overall performan ce, as well asof the compensation due in the case of dismissal of such
persons, without pr ejudice t o par agraph 8;
c) the method of distribution of the amounts due t o the rightholders and the r egulation of rights’ distribution;
d) the basic principles for the use of the non-distributable amounts;
e) the investment policy regar ding the rights revenue and the income arising from the investment of the rights
revenue, taking int o account par agraph 4 of Ar ticle 17 and par agraph 7 of Ar ticle 19;
f) the deductions from rights revenue and from the income arising from the investment of the rights revenue,
taking int o account Ar ticle 18;
g) the use of rights revenue and of any income arising from the investment of rights revenue in relation to the
manner , timing or any other detail;
h) the use, on a case-b y-case basis, of the non-distributable amounts in accor dance with the basic principles
under item (d), that ha ve been alr eady decided;
i) the management of possible cases which may affect the fulllment of obligations and the achie vement of the
goals of the or ganisation (risk management policy);
j) the appr oval of any acquisition, sale or mor tgage on pr oper ty;
ja) the approval of mergers or coalitions, the setting up of subsidiaries and the acquisition of other entities or
shar es or rights in other entities;
jb) the appr oval of taking out loans, gr anting loans or pr oviding security for loans;
jc) the drawing up of the terms under Article 14 concerning the granting of licenses for non-commer cial uses of
their rights;
jd) any other additional matter pr ovided in the pr esent Law or the statute.
3. The Gener al Assembly of Members of a collectiv e management organisation can assign to the Super visor y
Boar d referred to in Article 10, by a decision or a provision in its statute, the powers that are mentioned in cases i,
j, ja, and jb of par agraph 2.
4. The Gene ral Assembly of Members of a collectiv e management organisation contr ols the activities of the
organisation, deciding at least on the appointment or remo val of certied auditors – accountants and appr oving
the annual tr anspar ency r epor t of Ar ticle 29.6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 14/615. All members of the collecting management organisation have the right to participate in and to vote at the
Gener al assembly of Members. The members of the collecting management organisation, whether individuals or
legal entit ies, cann ot have contr oversial inter ests with the collecting man agement organisation. The Gener al
Assembly of members can limit the rights of participation in and vote at the Gener al Assembly of Members on the
basis of the amounts receiv ed or due to a member and/or the duration of their membership, provided that these
criteria are set and implemented with a fair and propor tional manner , and that they are included in the statute of
the collectiv e management or ganisation and ar e published accor ding t o Articles 26 and 28.
6. Each mem ber of a collecting management organisation has the right to appo int any other member , that can be
an individual or an entity , as his proxy in order to participate in and vote at the Gener al Assembly of Members on
his account, given that this appointment does not lead to a contr adiction of inter ests. The proxy can represent up
to two (2) member s of the collectiv e management organisation. Every proxy is valid for only one (1) gener al
assembly of members. The proxy has the same rights in the gener al assembly with those of the member that
appoints him. The pr oxy votes accor ding t o the instructions giv en to him b y the member that appointed him.
7. The powe rs of the Gener al Assembly of Members of a collectiv e management organisation can be exercised by
an assembly of representativ es, elected at least every four (4) years by the members of the collectiv e
management or ganisation pr ovided that:
a) the proper and effectiv e participat ion of members in the procedur e of decision-making for the collectiv e
management or ganisation is guar anteed and,
b) the representation of different categories of members in the assembly of representativ es is fair and balanced.
The rules that ar e being enacted in par agraphs 1 t o 6 apply mutatis mutandis in the assembly of r epresentativ es.
8. If the collectiv e management organisation does not have a Gener al Assembly of Members due to its legal form,
the powers of the Gener al Assembly are exercised by the Super visor y Boar d, in accor dance with the provisions of
Article 10.
9. The independent management entities  referred to in Article 50 are obliged to provide in their statutes a Gener al
Assembly of Members who have entrusted the management of their rights thereto. For the participation and
representation with a pr oxy of each member in the Gener al Assembly , par agraph 6 applies.
In respect t o the Gener al Assembly of Members, the following shall apply:
a) The members of the Gener al Assembly shall meet once (1) a year and within six (6) months from the end of the
management use and it must be conv ened by the Boar d of Directors of the independent management entity of
Article 50. If a meeting is not conv ened within fteen (15) days from the end of the deadline of the previous
sentence, it is conv ened by the Super visor y Boar d. If again it is not conv ened within seven (7) days from the
following day of the end of the afore-mentioned 15-da ys deadline, the meeting is conv ened by order of the Small-
claims Cour t following a r equest of at least ten (10) members.
b) The Gener al Assembly may also hold extraordinar y meetings when a request is submitted to the Boar d of
Directors by 1/25 of its members or by the Super visor y Boar d, but by no less than ve (5) of its members, also
dening the topic of discussion. If the Boar d of Directors does not conv ene the extraordinar y gener al meeting
within fteen (15) days from the submission of the request of the Super visor y Boar d or of the 1/25 of its6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 15/61members, the meeting is conv ened by order of the Small-claims Cour t, at the request of at least 1/25 of its
members.
c) The notice of invitation designates the place, the day and the time wher e the meeting will be held and the topics
to be discussed. The notice is comm unicated to the members at least seven (7) days befor e the date of the
Gener al Assembly , by a register ed letter or b y e-mail or b y fax.
d) The Gener al Asse mbly of Members is in quorum and its meeting is valid, when at the beginning of the meeting
at least half of the members are present. If there is no quorum, the Gener al Assembly of Members is conv ened
after ve (5) days without any additional notice, in the same place and at the same time, and decides on all
matters of the original agenda, as long as at least 1/5 of the members is present. If again there is no quorum, the
Gener al Assembly of members is conv ened after three (3) days, with no additional notice, in the same place and
at the same time, and decides on all the matters of the original agenda regar dless of the number of members who
are present or r epresented.
e) The following acts fall within the ex clusiv e competence of the Gener al Assembly of Members:
aa) the election of the members of the Super visor y Boar d of paragraph 8 of Article 10, as well as the
determination of their r emuner ation;
bb) the decision on the way of representation of different categories of members of the independent
management entity of Article 50 in the Super visor y Boar d, so as to guar antee their fair and balanced
representation. The revenue that each member receiv es by the independen t management entity of Article 50
or/and the duration of its membership  shall be taken into account as criteria for the number of votes of each
member at the Gener al Assembly , given that those criteria are determined and implemented with a fair and
propor tionate manner;
cc) the dischar ge of the members of the Super visor y Boar d from any liability;
dd) the submission of a suggestion to the Super visor y boar d concerning the tariff table and the char ging policy of
the independent management entity and the determination of terms and licensing f ees;
ee) the submission of suggestions for the best way of distribution of the rights collected, as well as the
assistance of the super visor y Boar d in every matter that falls within its scop e. The members of the Super visor y
Boar d do not ha ve the right t o vote on the issue of dischar ge of their own liability .
f) The decisions of the Gener al Assembly of Members ar e tak en with the absolute majority of the v otes cast.
10. As to the remainde r, with regar d to the gener al assemblies of members, provisions of Law 1667/1986 about
gener al assemblies apply .
 
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Article 10: Super visor y Boar d (Ar ticle 9 of the Dir ectiv e)6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 16/611. Each collectiv e management organis ation must have a Super visor y Boar d, which monit ors the activities and
actions of the natur al or legal persons managing the business activities of the organisation. The members of the
Super visor y Boar d ma y be fr om thr ee (3) t o nine (9).
2. The representation of the different categories of members of the collectiv e management organisation in the
Super visor y Boar d must be fair and balanced.
3. Each member of the Super visor y Board of the collectiv e management organisation submits to the gener al
meeting of members an annual individu al statement on conicts of inter est, containing the information referred to
in the thir d subpar agraph of Ar ticle 31 (2).
4. The Super visor y Board of the collectiv e management organisation shall meet  regularly and, in any case, at least
four (4) times a y ear and shall ha ve at least the following powers:
a) The ex ercise of the powers conf erred on it b y the Gener al Assembly of Members under Ar ticle 9 (3);
b) The monit oring of the activities and the performance of the duties of the members of the Boar d of Directors,
the Director - Gener al and/or the Directors, wher e a Director-Gener al or Directors have been appointed, as well as
of those persons entrusted with such duties and r esponsibilities;
c) The monit oring of the implementation of the decisions of the Gener al Assembly of Members, and in particular
the powers listed in Ar ticle 9 (2) (c) t o (f);
d) The compliance with the pr ovisions of Ar ticles 1 t o 54 and of the Statute.
5. For the exercise of its powers, the Super visor y Boar d may request from the persons referred to in paragraph 4
(b) any information, data, books or documents of the collectiv e management organisation requir ed for the
purposes of par agraph 4.
6. The Super visor y Board shall repor t on the exercise of its powers at least once  a year to the Gener al Assembly of
Members.
7. Members  of the Board of Directors or the Director-Gener al or director may not participate in the Super visor y
Boar d. It is forbidden to be spouses or have any anity between them to the rst or second degr ee between
members of the Boar d of Directors, the director – gener al or the director and the members of the super visor y
boar d. The members of the Super visor y Boar d are responsible for any fault. By decision of the Gener al
Assembly of members, the members of the Super visor y Boar d ma y be r elieved of their r esponsibility .
8. As to the independent entities referred to in Article 50, the members of the Super visor y Boar d are nine (9) and
are elected by the Gener al Assembly in accor dance with Article 9(9). The term of oce of the Super visor y Boar d
is three (3) years, with the exception of the term of oce of the rst Super visor y Boar d, which may not exceed two
(2) years. By way of exception to the independent management entity , referred to in Article 50,that existed at the
time of the entry into force of this Law, the members of the rst Super visor y Boar d and the duration of their term
of oce shall be appointed by decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, following a recommendation in
writing submitted to him by the members of the independent management entity referred to in Article 50, provided
that they are submitted within ten (10) working days of the entry into force of this law (as amended under Article
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 17/619. The powe rs of the Super visor y Boar d of the independent entity referred to in Article 50 shall be the taking of
decisions on issues relating to the management of the economic right or the powers deriving therefrom and the
monit oring of their implementation, and in par ticular:
a) The rights distribution regulation and the distribution of the amounts due to the rightholders. These decisions
are tak en b y a two-thir ds majority (2/3) of the members of the Super visor y Boar d;
b) The investment policy and the use with regar d to the rights revenue and to any income accruing from their
investment, taking int o account Ar ticle 17 (4) and Ar ticle 19 (7) accor dingly;
c) The use of amounts that cannot be distributed;
d) The deductions from the rights revenue and the income accruing from the investment, taking into account
Article 18, including the decision to justiably exceed the management costs  referred to in paragraph 3 of Article
18;
e) Monit oring, contr olling and o verseeing the str ategic business plan of rights management;
f) The submission of an opinion to the Boar d of Directors prior to the appr oval of the annual transpar ency repor t
referred to in Ar ticle 29;
g) The proposal to the Boar d of Directors, which is binding, on the pricing appr oach followed and the detailed tariff
table of the independent management entity;
h) The proposal to the Boar d of Directors, which is binding, concerning the amendment of the statute provisions
which ar e either dir ectly or indir ectly r elated t o the collectiv e management;
i) The provision of information to the Boar d of Directors, at the request of its chairman or other person mandated
by him, on the matters of oper ation of the independent management entity r eferred to in Ar ticle 50;
j) The submission of an opinion befor e deciding how to deal with users who refuse to either license or to abide by
the terms of a signed license agr eement;
ja) The participation through its legal representativ e in negotiations of licensing terms and fees, as well as
procedur es for friendly or consensual dispute r esolution with contr acted or non-aliated users;
jb) The submission of an opinion to the Boar d of Directors prior to the deci sion to nd resour ces beyond those
already existing, and the enlar gement and de velopment of the existing;
jc) The submission of an opinion to the Boar d of Directors befor e deciding on how to manage possible cases that
may affect the fullment of obligations and the achie vement of the objectiv es of the independent management
entity;
jd) The appr oval of remuner ation or the provision of another , whether nancial or other wise, benet to the
members of the Boar d of Dir ectors and the Dir ector - Gener al, after e valuating their o verall per formance;
je) The proposal to the Boar d of Directors, which is binding, on the allocation of funds for social, cultur al and
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 18/61jf) The submission of an opinion on any other matter intr oduced b y the Boar d of Dir ectors.
10. If it is ascer tained that an infringement has been committed by the Boar d of Directors, the Super visor y Boar d
may have recourse t o the pr ocedur e provided for in Ar ticles 43 and 46 t o 47 or 51.
11. Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 10 also apply t o the independent management entities r eferred to in Ar ticle 50.
12. For the exercise of all its powers, the Super visor y Boar d may authoriz e independent statut ory audit ors or
accountants or legal advisors, of their discr etion and choice, at cost amounting up to 3% of the annual
management fees, wher e appr opriate, paid by the collectiv e management organisation or the independent
management entity referred to in Article 50, provided that the obligation of condentiality is complied with and
that ther e is no conict of inter ests.
 
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Article 11: Relationships between the collectiv e management or ganisations and rightholders - Gener al principles
(Articles 4 and 5 (1) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Collectiv e management organisation s must act in the best inter ests of the rightholders whose rights they
represent and not impose obligations on them that are not objectiv ely necessar y to protect their rights and
inter ests or t o eff ectiv ely manage their rights.
2. The rights and obligations of rightholders, as described in Articles 12 to 16, must be laid down in the statute of
the collectiv e management or ganisation.
 
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Article 12: Management A uthorization (Ar ticle 5 (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) (a) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. a) Rightholders have the right to autho rize a collectiv e management organisation of their choice to manage the
economic right or the powers deriving therefrom or categories of powers or types of works or objects of
protection of their choice, for the territ ories of their choice, irrespectiv e of the Member State of nationality ,
residence or establishment of either the collectiv e management organisation or of the rightholder (authorisation
agreement). The authorization may be granted by delegation of the right, or of the relevant powers for the purpose
of management, either by power - of - attorne y or any other contr actual agreement. Authorization shall be made
every time  in writing and for a certain period of time that cannot be longer than three (3) years. In case of doubt, it
is presum ed that the authorization concerns all works, including futur e works, for a period not exceeding three (3)
years. The collectiv e management organisation is obliged to manage the economic right, powers or categories of
powers or types of works or objects of protection, provided that their mana gement falls within the scope of its
activities unless it has objectiv ely justied r easons for r efusing management.
b) In the specic case of Article 51A of this Law, the entrustment of rights management to the Special Service of
Exceptional Rights Management of HCO , shall also extend to the collection of royalties that antedate the
entrustment of management to HCO , for which either a license had not been granted by the collectiv e6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 19/61management organisation or the independent management entity referred to in Article 50, the oper ating license of
which has been revoked, or for which a license had been granted without, though, the royalties accounted to have
been paid . This provision is also applicable to the unreceiv ed fees due under Art. 18 Law 2121/1993 (as added by
paragraph 1, Ar ticle 85, Law 4605/2019).
2. Righthold ers have the right to terminate in whole or in part the authoriza tion agreement in respect of the
economic right or categories of powers or types of works or objects of protec tion of their choice for the territ ories
of their choice or to revoke any of the rights, powers or types of works and objects of protection from the
collecting society after a three-month  written notice. The termination shall  take effect three months after the
written notice has been given, and the authorizations granted prior to the termination shall continue to be valid
until the end of their term.
3. If there are any amounts due to a rightholder for acts of exploitationswhich occurr ed prior to the expir y of the
authorization agreement, or befor e the termination or the revocation, or by virtue of an authorization granted prior
to the expir y of the termination or prior to the termination or the revocation, the rightholder retains his rights under
Articles 18, 19, 25, 27, 37 and 42.
4. The collectiv e management organisation cannot restrict the exercise of rights that are referred to in paragraphs
2 and 3 by imposing, as a condition for their exercise, the assignment to another collectiv e management
organisation of the management of the rights or categories of powers or types of works or objects of protection
which ar e subject t o expir ation or ha ve been terminated or r evoked.
5. Whe re the rightho lder authoriz es a collectiv e management organisation the management of the economic
right, or powers, or categories of powe rs, or types of works, or objects of protection, it gives consent specically
for each power or categor y of powers or type of protection works or objects. Any such consent must be
evidenced in writing and documented.
6. The rights of rightholders deriving fr om par agraphs 1 t o 5 shall be included in the authorization agr eement.
7. Befor e being granted with the authorization of the management referred to in paragraph 1, the collectiv e
management organisation shall inform the rightholders of their rights under paragraphs 1 to 5 and of the
conditions for exercising the right provided for in Article 14. This information shall be, inter alia, communicated at
least b y posting on the website of the collectiv e management or ganisation and b y e-mail t o the rightholder .
 
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Article 13: Admission of Members (Ar ticle 6 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. A collec tive man agement organisation shall accept rightholders and entities representing rightholders,
including other collectiv e managemen t organisations and associations of rightholders, as members if they full
the memb ership requirements, which shall be based on objectiv e, transpar ent and non- discriminat ory criteria.
Those membership  and registr ation requirements shall be included in the statute of the collectiv e management
organisation and shall be made publicly available on the website of the organisation. In cases wher e a collectiv e6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 20/61management organisation refuses to accept a request for membership, it shall provide the rightholder with a clear
justication and explanation of the r easons for its decision.
2. The statute of a collectiv e manageme nt organisation shall provide for appr opriate and effectiv e mechanisms
for the participation of all its members in the organisation ’s decision- making process. The representation of the
different categories of members in the decision-making pr ocess shall be fair and balanced.
3. A collectiv e management organisation  shall allow its members or their respectiv e represented rightholders to
communicate with it b y electr onic means, including for the purposes of ex ercising members’ rights.
4. A collectiv e management organisati on shall keep recor ds of its members or their respectiv e represented
rightholdersand shall regularly update those recor ds and in any case, every month. The collectiv e management
organisation must submit to HCO once a year and by 20 Januar y a full list of its members or their respectiv e
represented rightholders, t ogether with their e-mail addr esses.
 
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Article 14: Licenses for non-commer cial uses (Ar ticle 5 (3) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Rightholders shall have the right to grant licenses for non- commer cial uses of any rights, categories of rights
or types of works and other subject-matter of their choice.
2. By a decision of the Gener al Assembly , collectiv e management organisations set out the conditions on which
the rightholders grant non-commer cial licenses with the obligation to inform the rightholders of their options and
provide them with the best discr etion possible for the ex ercise of their r espectiv e rights.
 
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Article 15: Rights of rightholders who ar e not members of a collectiv e management or ganisation (Ar ticle 7 (1) of
the Dir ectiv e)
Article 13 (3) and (4), Article 27, Article 38 (2) and Article 42 shall also apply to rightholders who, notwithstanding
the fact that they are not members of collectiv e management organisation s, are entitled, by law or by way of
assignment, or license or any other contr actual agr eement, t o receiv e rights r evenue.
 
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Article 16: Obligation t o inform of the rightholders’ works
Rightholders who have entrusted to a collectiv e management organisation the management of all their works
must inform in writing about the works they have published in any way and about any new work published after
the manag ement has been assigned to the organisation. In this context, the collectiv e management organisation6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 21/61reminds rightholders annually of this obligation and at the same time enables them to communicate it by
electr onic means.
 
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Article 17: Rights r evenue (Ar ticle 11 of Dir ectiv e)
1. A collectiv e management organisation shall be diligent in the collection and management of revenue of the
rights which do not constitute its own asset (as added by paragraph 2a) Article 85 Law 4605/2019). In rights
revenue, interest from investing this revenue is included. For the purpose of the rst sentence, collectiv e
management organisations shall keep appr opriate recor ds of membership, licenses and uses of the works and
other objects of protection. The relevant data requir ed for the effectiv e collectiv e management of rights shall,
also, be pr ovided b y rightholders and users and shall be check ed b y the collectiv e management or ganisation.
2. A collectiv e management organisation shall keep separ ate in its accounts: a) rights revenue and any income
arising from the investment of rights revenue, and b) its own assets and income arising from such assets, from
management f ees or fr om other activities.
3. A collecti ve manag ement organization  shall not have the right to use rights revenues or the revenues accruing
from the investment of rights revenues for other purposes except from their distribution to rightholders. The
cases of deduction  or of the offsetting of management fees or of the use of rights revenues or of the revenues
accruing from their investment on the grounds of a decision taken in accor dance with paragraph 2, Article 9 or
with paragraph 8, Article 10, are excluded. The royalties collected by a collectiv e management organisation or an
independent management entity or the revenues that accrue from the investment of royalties, which are
exclusiv ely intende d for distribution, are expr essly excluded from the scope of application of Article 46 Law
4174/2013 (as added by paragraph 2b) Law 4605/2019). The royalties or the revenues that accrue from the
investment of royalties which are included in the separ ate accounts referred to in point a) paragraph 2, as well as
the claims  related to royalties of a collectiv e management organisation, of an independent management entity
referred to in Article 50 and of the HCO during the performance of the duties provided under paragraph 1 Article
51A therein, are exempt from seizur e by anyone by way of derogation of any provision to the contr ary (as
amended by paragraph 2c) Article 85 Law 4605/2019). The revenues and the claims related to royalties referred
to in the previous point shall not be freezed and shall not be offset against established debts to the Tax
Administr ation and other public authorities, to insur ance funds or credit institutions, to the extent that a collectiv e
management organisation or an independent management entity referred to in Article 50 or the HCO during the
performance of the duties provided under paragraph 1 Article 51A are concerned (as added by paragraph 2d)
Article 85 Law 4605/2019). Any safeguar ding measur es related to debts to the State, that have been already
under taken against  a collectiv e management organisation or an independent management entity referred to in
Article 50, in accor dance with the provisions of the Law 4174/2013, concerning the same debts against the State,
are ipso jure lifted (as amended by paragraph 2e) Article 85 Law 4605/2019). The provisions of this paragraph are
also applicable to pending enfor cements as regar ds as the part of the procedur e which has not been completed
and in respect of enfor cement actions that will take place following their entry into force. The validity and the legal
consequences of the enfor cement procedur e actions that had taken place prior to the entry into force of this Law
are not aff ected (as added b y par agraph 2st) Ar ticle 85 Law 4605/2019).6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 22/614. Wher e a collectiv e management organisation invests rights revenue or any income arising from the investment
of rights revenue, it shall do so in the best inter ests of the rightholders whos e rights it represents, in accor dance
with the gener al investment and risk management policy that could affect the fulllment of obligations and the
achie vement of the organisation ’s obje ctives which refer to cases e’ and h’ of paragraph 2 of Article 9 and having
regar d to the following rules:
(a) wher e there is any potential conict of inter est, the collectiv e management organisation shall ensur e that the
investment is made in the sole inter est of those rightholders;
(b) the assets shall be invested in order to ensur e the security , quality , liquidit y and protability of the portfolio as
a whole;
(c) the assets shall be properly diversied in order to avoid excessiv e reliance on any particular asset and
accumulations of risks in the por tfolio as a whole.
5. Pecuniar y claims of third parties, of the State, of insur ance funds or credit institutions against rightholders –
natur al persons, are exempt from arrest in the possession of a collectiv e management organisation, of an
independent manag ement entity referred to in Article 50 and of the HCO during the performance of the duties
provided under Article 51A, to the extent of seven thousand ve hundr ed euros (7.500,00 €) per year for each
rightholder – natur al person (as added b y par agraph 3 Ar ticle 85 Law 4605/2019).
6. In the case of a bankruptcy of a collec tive management organisation or of an independent management entity
referred to in Article 50, royalties, revenues that accrue from the investment of royalties which are included in the
separ ate accounts referred to in point a) paragraph 2, claims related to royalties and the reasonable remuner ation
due under  Article 18 Law 2121/1993, are not register ed as a part of the bankr upt estate under paragraph 2 Article
16 Law 3588/2007 ( Α΄ 153) (Bankruptcy Code) and are compulsorily separ ated by that estate for the benet of the
rightholders – members, as accor dingly represented. This provision shall also apply to pending bankruptcy
applications, as well to bankruptcy applications and pending bankruptcies (as added by paragraph 4 Article 85
Law 4605/2019).
 
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Article 18: Deductions (Ar ticle 12 par agraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e))
1. Deductions shall be reasonable in relation to the services provided by the collectiv e management organisation
to rightholders and shall be established on the basis of objectiv e criteria.
2. A collectiv e management organisation is requir ed to provide the rightholder who has entrusted it with the
management of his rights, befor e obtaining his consent to manage his rights, with documented information on
management fees and other deductions from the rights revenue and from any income arising from the investment
of rights r evenue.
3. Management fees of the collectiv e management organisation shall not exceed the justied and documented
costs in managing copyright and related rights. Management fees should not exceed, on average, 20% of the
gross rights `revenue of the collectiv e management organisation. This percentage does not include the costs of6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 23/61legal claims for the rights of the organisation 's members. The costs of a legal procedur e include exclusiv ely the
full amount which must be paid in order for the case to be brought befor e the cour t and the conduct of the
proceedings, and is r elated, in par ticular , to cour t stamping f ees, (megar ossimo), administr ative fees and bills.
This percentage also applies to cases wher e the collectiv e management organisation is a member of a unitar y
collectiv e management organisation. In this case, the percentage of the collectiv e management organisation shall
be calculated with the percentage of the unitar y collectiv e management organisation in relation to the
management that the latter exercises on behalf of the former . Such percentage may be reasonably exceeded after
the Board of the Directors of the collectiv e management organisation, upon suggestion of the Super visor y Boar d,
commissions a nancial-technical study, which is binding only if the result s of the study are accepted by the
Super visor y Boar d. This 20% percentage does not apply to newly established collectiv e management
organisations and up to three (3) years of the commencement of their oper ations, under the condition that at the
end of each manag ement period, the Gener al Assembly or the Super visor y Boar d of the independent management
entities referred to in article 50, examin es and conrms the need to maintain the excess of the above mentioned
20% per centage.
4. What applies to the use and transpar ency of use of the amounts deducted or offset from the management fees,
also applies to any other deductions made to cover costs arising from management of copyright and related
rights.
5. With respect to collectiv e managem ent organisations, whose annual gross income does not exceed the
amount of ve hundr ed thousand (500 .000) euro, management fees must not exceed, on average, twenty-v e per
cent (25%) of the collectiv e management or ganisation ’ s gr oss r evenue.
 
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Article 19: Distribution of amounts due t o rightholders (Ar ticle 13, par agraphs 1 t o 6 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. The distribution of amounts to rightholders takes place propor tionally , to the extent possible, to the real use of
their works.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of Article 21 and Article 37, the collectiv e management organisations shall
regularly , diligently and accur ately distribute and pay amounts due to rightholders in accor dance with the
distribution regulation. Every collectiv e management organisation or its members, which are entities representing
rightholders, shall distribute and pay those amounts to rightholders as soon as possible but no later than nine (9)
months from the end of the nancial year in which the rights revenue was collected, unless objectiv e reasons
relating, in particular , to repor ting by users, identication of rights, rightholders or matching of information on
works and other subject-matter with rightholders prevent the collectiv e management organisation or, wher e
applicable, its members fr om meeting that deadline.
3. Where the amount s due to rightholde rs cannot be distributed within the deadline set in paragraph 2 because
the relevant rightholders cannot be identied or located and the exception to that deadline does not apply , those
amounts shall be k ept separ ate in the accounts of the collectiv e management or ganisation.6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 24/614. The collectiv e man agement organisa tion shall take all necessar y measur es, consistent with paragraph 2, to
identify and locate the rightholders and shall verify the data referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 13, as well as
other readily available data. No later than three (3) months after the expir y of the deadline set in paragraph 2, the
collectiv e managem ent organisation shall mak e available information on works and other subject-matter for
which one or mor e rightholders ha ve not been identied or located t o:
a) the rightholders that it represents or the entities representing rightholders, wher e such entities are members of
the collectiv e management or ganisation; and
b) all collectiv e management or ganisations with which it has concluded r epresentation agr eements.
The information r eferred to in the second subpar agraph shall include, wher e available, the following:
(aa) the title of the work or other subject-matter;
(bb) the name of the rightholder;
(cc) the name of the r elevant publisher or pr oducer; and
(dd) any other r elevant information a vailable which could assist in identifying the rightholder .
If the abovementioned measur es fail to produce results, the collectiv e manag ement organisation shall mak e that
information a vailable t o the public at the latest one (1) y ear after the expir y of the thr ee-month (3) period.
5. Wher e the amounts due to rightholder s cannot be distributed after three (3) years from the end of the nancial
year in which the collection of the rights revenue occurr ed, and provided that the collectiv e management
organisation has taken all necessar y measur es to identify and locate the rightholders referred to in paragraph 4,
those amounts shall be deemed non-d istributable. This provision applies also to the non-distributable amounts
from the collection of the equitable r emuner ation.
6. The Gener al Assem bly of Members of a collectiv e management organisation or respectiv ely, the Super visor y
Boar d of an independent management entity of Article 50, shall decide on the use of the non-distributable
amounts in accor dance with point (d) of paragraph 2 of article 9 or paragraph 9 of article 10 respectiv ely, without
prejudice to the right of rightholders to claim such amounts from the collectiv e management organisation or the
independent management entity of Ar ticle 51 in accor dance with the statute of limitations of claims.
7. Only half of the non-distributable amounts can be used by the collectiv e management organisation or the
independent management entity or Article 50, for investments, while the other half can be used in a separ ate and
independent way, to fund social, cultur al and educational activities for the benet of the rightholders. By a
decision of the Gener al Assembly of Members of a collectiv e management  organisation or of the Super visor y
Boar d of the independent management entity referred to in Article 50, the amount of the non-distributable
investments can be increased. Also, the Gener al Assembly of members of a collectiv e management organisation
or respectiv ely, the Super visor y Boar d of the independent management entity referred to in Article 50can decide
that part of the non-distributable amounts will be distributed to rightholders,  if this decision does not clash with
the ability of the rightholders t o claim and r eceiv e the amounts corr esponding t o claims that ar e not time-barr ed.
8. Righ tholders’ claims for rights revenue against collectiv e management organisations shall be time-barr ed ten
(10) years  from the end of the nancia l year in which they were collected. If the rightholders are not identied or6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
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referred to in par agraph 4.
 
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Article 20: Rights management under r epresentation agr eements (ar ticle 14 of the Dir ectiv e)
Α collectiv e management organisation must not discriminate against any rightholder whose rights it manages
under a representat ion agreement, in particular with respect to the applicable tariffs, management fees, and the
conditions for collection of the rights r evenue and distribution of amounts due t o rightholders.
 
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Article 21: Deductions and pa yments in r epresentation agr eements (Ar ticle 15 par agraphs 1,2 and 3 of the
Directiv e)
1. Α collectiv e management organisation shall not mak e any deductions, other than in respect of the management
fees on the rights revenue deriv ed from the rights it manages on the basis of a representation agreement, or from
any income arising from the investment of that rights revenue, unless the other collectiv e management
organisation that is par ty to the r epresentation agr eement expr essly consents t o such deductions.
2. The collectiv e management organisat ion shall regularly , diligently and accur ately distribute and pay amounts
due to other collec tive management organisations, as soon as possible but in any case no later than nine (9)
months from the end of the nancial year in which the rights revenue was collected, unless objectiv e reasons
relating, in particular , to repor ting by users, identication of rights, rightholders or matching of information on
works and other subject-matter with rightholders prevent the collectiv e man agement organisation from meeting
that deadline.
3. The other  collectiv e management organisation, or, wher e it has as members entities representing rightholders,
those members, shall distribute and pay the amounts due to rightholders as soon as possible but no later than six
(6) months from receipt of those amounts, unless objectiv e reasons relating in particular to repor ting by users,
identication of rights, rightholders or matching of information on works and other subject-matter with
rightholders prevent the collectiv e management organisation or, wher e applicable, its members from meeting that
deadline.
 
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Article 22: Licencing, determination of r emuner ation and equitable r emuner ation (Ar ticle 16 par agraphs 1 t o 4 and
Article 35 par agraph 1 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Collectiv e management organisations and users shall conduct negotiations  for the licensing of rights in good
faith and, within this fr amework, the y shall pr ovide each other with all necessar y information.6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 26/612. Collectiv e management organisations, in order to allow users to use works from their reper toire, can claim from
users a per centage f ee accor ding t o Article 32of Law 2121/1993.
3. Licensing terms shall be based on objectiv e and non- discriminat ory criteria. When licensing rights for online
services, collectiv e management organisations shall not be requir ed to use, as a precedent for other online
services, licensing terms agreed with a user wher e the user is providing a new type of online service which has
been a vailable t o the public in the E uropean Union for less than thr ee (3) y ears.
4. For the granting of the license, users submit a request to the collectiv e management organisation, indicating,
inter alia, the infor mation needed for this purpose. Upon receipt of all relevant information, the collectiv e
management organisation shall, without undue dela y, either offer a license or provide the user with a reasoned
statement explaining why it r efused t o license a par ticular ser vice, which statement it shall also notify t o HCO .
5. A collecti ve manag ement organisation  shall allow users to communicate with it by electr onic means, including
for the purpose of r epor ting on the use of the license.
6. In the event of non-pa yment of a license fee or disagr eement as to the amount of the remuner ation that the
collectiv e managem ent organisation is claiming, the user must, befor e any use, advance to the collectiv e
management organisation the requested amount or the amount that the Single - Member Cour t of First Instance
determined and awar ded by a provisional order, at the request of either the user or the collectiv e management
organisation, in accor dance with the procedur e of interim measur es, and as usually paid in similar cases or as
reasonable, if no similar cases exist. Following a lawsuit led by a collectiv e management organisation or the
user , the competent Single – Membe r Cour t of First Instance, which tries the case in accor dance with the
procedur e of monetar y disputes under the Code of Civil Procedur e, determines denitiv ely and awar ds the amount
of the r emuner ation.
7. In case of a dispute between a user and a collectiv e management organisation concerning the amount of the
remuner ation of Article 49 of Law 2121/1993 and the terms of its payment, the Single - Member Cour t of First
Instance, trying the case in accor dance with the procedur e of interim measur es, determines them by provisional
order , following a request by a user or a collectiv e management organisation, and shall provisional awar d up to
half of the equitable remuner ation it has determined. The last sentence of paragraph 6 of this provision applies
also for the denitiv e determination of the equitable r emuner ation due and of the pa yment terms.
8. All nanc ial transa ctions between the users, the collectiv e management organisations and the independent
management entitie s referred to in Article 50, such as, in particular , the payment of the remuner ation due , shall be
made through a banking system either by deposit in a bank account owned by the collectiv e management
organisation or the independent management entity referred to in Article 50 with explicit reference to the period of
use corr esponding t o the amount paid, either b y the use of debit or cr edit car ds.
 
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Article 23: Tariffs (Ar ticle 16 par agraph 2(c) subpar agraph c and 3 of the Dir ectiv e)6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 27/611. Rightholders shall receiv e appr opriate remuner ation for the use of their rights. Tariffs shall be reasonable in
relation to, inter alia, the economic value of the use of the rights in trade, takin g into account the natur e and scope
of the use of the work and other subject-matter , as well as in relation to the economic value of the service
provided to the user by the collectiv e management organisation. Collectiv e management organisations shall
inform the user concerned of the criteria used for the setting of those tariffs.
2. The colle ctive man agement organisa tions shall, by decision of the Boar d of Directors,dr aw up a table of the
remuner ations required by the users (tariffs); the collectiv e management organisations shall communicate to the
public such tariffs, together with any changes thereto through a posting on their webpage and shall immediately
notify the HCO in order to be posted on its webpage in a machine readable format, at a xed data reposit ory, and,
wher e possible, made accessible through application programming inter face s. Such postings are a prerequisite
for the validity of the tariffs. In determ ining and applying their tariffs, collectiv e management organisations must
apply objectiv e criteria, ne ver act in an arbitr ary wa y, nor engage in abusiv e discrimination.
3. Collectiv e management organisations and representativ e associations of users may enter into agreements for
the determ ination of the remuner ation payable by the user to each catego ry of rightsholders, as well as with
regar d to any other issue relating to the relations of the parties under this Law and Law 2121/1993. These
agreements, as well as any amendmen ts thereto, are immediately notied to the HCO and posted on the websites
of the par ties and HCO .
4. Disputes between collectiv e management organisations and users concerning the amount of the remuner ation
that the user must pay, may be submit ted to arbitr ation by agreement. The arbitr ators are appointed from a table
drawn up by the HCO every two (2) years, the prepar ation of which takes mandat orily into account the opinions of
both par ties. As t o the r est, Ar ticles 867 et seq. ofthe Civil Pr ocedur e Code apply .
5. The collectiv e management organisa tions and the representativ e associations of users may agree in writing
and before a dispute arises, on the appointment of a person as arbitr ator in order to determine the remuner ation
to be paid by the user . The arbitr ator is appointed from a table drawn up by the HCO every two (2) years, the
prepar ation of which takes mandat orily into account the opinions of both parties. The arbitr ator can order the
advanced payment of the amount until the nal amount of the remuner ation due is determined. The arbitr atorthus
appointed is the sole person competent for the resolution of the dispute and his decision is enfor ceable. An
arbitr ator can be also appointed by the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and resor ting to that arbitr ator for the
resolution of the dispute shall depend on the will of the par ties.
 
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Article 24: Users’ obligations (Ar ticle 17 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Users must provide the collectiv e man agement organisation within the rst fortnight of every semester , unless
other wise agreed, lists of works that they have used or produced or sold or leased or lent or performed to the
public or broadcast or presented to the public the previous semester or the mutually agreed period of time,
mentioning the exact number of copie s produced or available, as well as the frequency of presentations to the
public, as well as, all the relevant information at their disposal concerning the use of rights that the collectiv e6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 28/61management organisation represents and which is necessar y for the application of the tariffs , the collection of
the rights  revenue and the distributio n and payment of the amounts due to the rightsholders. All the above
information shall be submitted in accor dance to a certain format provided to them by the collectiv e management
organisation, which takes under consider ation the current industr y standar ds. Ther e shall be a single format for
each categor y of use for all collectiv e management organisations, which are requir ed to send a model format to
HCO . The user ’s obligation to submit a repor t based on such format shall be included in the license agreement
concluded with the collectiv e management or ganisation.
2. In the case wher e a user breaches the above obligation, the collectiv e management organisation may impose a
ten per cent (10%) surchar ge on the remuner ation due. If the user violates this obligation more than twice, the
organisation ma y impose a fteen per cent (15%) sur char ge on the amount due or terminate the agr eement.
 
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Article 25: Information pr ovided t o rightholders on the management of their rights (Ar ticle 18 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. With out prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, Article 26 and paragraph 2 of Article 37, each collectiv e
management organisation shall mak e available, no later than nine (9) months after the end of each year of use, to
each right holder to whom it has attributed rights revenue for the said period irrespectiv e of whether the amounts
attributed ar e paid or not, at least the following information:
(a) any contact details which the rightholder has authoriz ed the collectiv e management organisation to use in
order t o identify and locate him;
(b) the rights r evenue attributed t o the rightholder;
(c) the amounts paid by the collecti ve management organisation to the rightholder per categor y of rights
managed and per type of use;
(d) the period during which the use took place, for which amounts were attributed and paid to the rightholder ,
unless objectiv e reasons relating to repor ting by users prevent the collectiv e management organisation from
providing this information;
(e) deductions made in r espect of management f ees;
(f) deductions made for any purpose other than management f ees,
(g) any rights r evenue attributed t o the rightholder which is outstanding for any period.
2. Whe re a collectiv e management organisation has as members entities which are responsible for the
distribution of rights revenue to rightho lders, it shall provide the information listed in paragraph 1 to those entities,
provided that they do not have that information in their possession. These  entities are requir ed to provide the
above information no later than nine (9) months after the end of each year of use to each rightholder to whom
they have attributed rights r evenue for that par ticular y ear of use, r egar dless of whether the y have paid it or not.
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Article 26: Information pr ovided t o other collectiv e management or ganisations on the management of rights
under r epresentation agr eements (Ar ticle 19 of the Dir ectiv e)
The collectiv e management organisation mak es available, no later than nine (9) months after the end of the scal
year and by electr onic means, to collectiv e management organisations on whose behalf it manages rights under a
representation agr eement, at least the following information for that par ticular y ear of use:
(a) the rights revenue attributed and the amounts paid by the collectiv e management organisation per categor y of
rights managed and per type of use, for the rights it manages under the r epresentation agr eement;
(b) the rights r evenue attributed and which ha ve not been paid for any period of time;
(c) deductions made in r espect of management f ees;
(d) deductions made for any purpose other than in r espect of management f ees as r eferred to in Ar ticle 18;
(e) information on any licenses grante d or refused with regar d to works and other subject-matter covered by the
representation agr eement;
(f) resolutions adopted by the Gener al Assembly of Members of the collectiv e management entity or the
Super visor y Body of the independent management entity referred to in Article 51 respectiv ely, provided that those
resolutions ar e relevant t o the management of the rights under the r epresentation agr eement.
 
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Article 27: Information pr ovided t o rightholders, other collectiv e management or ganisations and users on r equest
(Article 20 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. With out prejudice to Article 34, a collectiv e management organisation shall, upon a reasonable request, mak es
at least the following information available by electr onic means and without undue dela y to any collectiv e
management organisation on whose behalf it manages rights under a representation agreement or to any
rightholder or t o any user , including potential users:
(a) the works or other subject-matte r it represents, the rights it manages, directly or under representation
agreements, and the territ ories co vered; or
(b) where, due to the scope of activity  of the collectiv e management organi sation, such works or other subject-
matter cannot be determined, the types of works or of other subject-matter it represents, the rights it manages
and the territ ories co vered.
2. The obligation of the collectiv e management organisation accor ding to paragraph 1 shall also apply for the
purposes of conducting a diligent search, in good faith, on the part of the users of orphan works in order to
identify and locate the rightsholders in accor dance with paragraphs 1 and 6 of article 27A of Law 2121/1993
which was added b y Article 7 of Law 4212/2013 (A ’ 257).
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Article 28: Disclosur e of information (Ar ticle 21 par agraphs 1 and 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. The collectiv e management or ganisation shall publish on its website at least the following information:
(a) its statute;
(b) its membership terms and the terms of termination of authorization to manage rights, if these are not included
in its statute;
(c) standar d licensing contr acts and standar d applicable tariffs, including discounts, if the y exist;
d) agr eements with r epresentativ e’s users association on the determination of r emuner ation;
e) the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 31 managing the business activities of the collectiv e
management organisation, the members of the Boar d of Directors and of the Super visor y Boar d, the Director –
Gener al;
f) the method of distribution of the amounts due to rightsholders and the regulation concerning the rights
distribution per categor y of rightsholders, in which the exact method of distribution is stipulated;
g) the management f ees and the method for their calculation;
h) the deductions, other than concerning the management fees, from rights revenue and from any income arising
from the inv estment of rights r evenue;
i) a list of the representation agreements it has enter ed into and the names of the collectiv e management
organisations with which those r epresentation agr eements ha ve been concluded;
j) the use of non-di stributable amounts , including the allocation of funds for the purposes of social, cultur al and
educational ser vices;
ja) the complaint handling and dispute resolution procedur es available in accor dance with Articles 42 and 44 to
45;
jb) the annual tr anspar ency r epor t referred to in Ar ticle 29;
jc) the licensing terms for non-commer cial uses accor ding t o Article 14;
jd) the format in which the user submits to the collectiv e management organisation the necessar y information for
the use of the work accor ding t o Article 24;
je) the procedur es for amending the data referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 33 or the information provided under
Article 34;
jf) the decision t o impose sanctions on the collectiv e management or ganisation, if such a decision exists;
jg) the criteria for limiting voting rights at the gener al meeting of the mem bers of the collectiv e management
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 31/61jh) the rights of rightsholders r eferred to in par agraphs 1 t o 5 of Ar ticle 12 and;
ji) its r eper toire, which it shall k eep up t o date at least e very six (6) months.
k) the organisation ’s ability to license works or other subject – matters  of protection on the basis of its
representativ e power which is pr ovided under Ar ticle 7A,
ka) the right of the rightholder who had not entrusted the management to the organisation to exclude from the
representativ e pow er of the organisat ion as provided under section k), any of his works or of other subject –
matters of protection or of their uses by the means of a written or an electr onic declar ation to him. For the easy
and effective declar ation of opposition, the organisation shall also mak e available to rightholders the appr opriate
means of electr onic communication.
kb) the consequences of the declar ation of opposition as provided under sect ion ka), meaning that paragraph 2 of
Article 12 shall apply mutatis mutandis (as added with Article 15 of the Law 4996/2022 (paragraph 6 of Article 12
of the Dir ectiv e (EU) 2019/790).
2. The collectiv e management organisation shall publish on its webpage at least the information referred to in
cases a, e, ja, jf and jg.
3. The collectiv e man agement and the collectiv e protection organisations shall publish the information above in a
machine-r eadable format and at a x ed place of st orage and shall k eep it updated.
 
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Article 29: Annual tr anspar ency r epor t (Ar ticle 22 par agraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. The collectiv e management organisation, irrespectiv e of its legal form, draws up and mak es public an annual
transpar ency repor t, including the special repor t referred to in paragraph 2, for each nancial year no later than
eight (8) months following the end of that nancial year. The collectiv e management organisation shall publish on
its website the annu al transpar ency repor t, which shall remain available to the public on that website for at least
ve (5) y ears.
2. The special repor t shall addr ess the use of the amounts deducted for the purposes of social, cultur al and
educational ser vices and shall contain at least the information set out in par agraph 3 of Ar ticle 30.
3. The nan cial state ments referred to in 1(a) of Article 30, together with any nancial information referred to in
paragraph 1(g), 1(h) and paragraph 2 of Article 30 shall be audited by one or more certied audit ors, who shall
draw up an audit r epor t. The audit r epor t shall be r eproduced in full in the annual tr anspar ency r epor t.
4. Provisions of other laws concerning  the nancial management and cont rol of the collectiv e management
organisations r emain in for ce.
 
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1. The information t o be pr ovided in the annual tr anspar ency r epor t is the following:
(a) nanc ial statements comprising a balance-sheet or a statement of assets and liabilities, an income and
expenditur e account for the nancial y ear and a cash-ow statement;
(b) a r epor t on the activities of the nancial y ear;
(c) information on the r efusal t o grant a licence pursuant t o par agraph 4 of Ar ticle 22;
(d) a description of the legal and go vernance structur e of the collectiv e management or ganisation;
(e) information on any other entities directly or indir ectly owned or contr olled, wholly or in part, by the collectiv e
management or ganisation;
(f) information on the total amount of remuner ation paid to the persons referred in paragraph 3 of Article 10 and
in par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 31 in the pr evious y ear, and on other benets gr anted t o them;
(g) the nancial information r eferred to in par agraph 2;
(h) a special repor t on the use of any amounts deducted for the purposes of social, cultur al and educational
services, containing the information r eferred to in par agraph 3.
2. Financial information t o be pr ovided in the annual tr anspar ency r epor t is the following:
a) nancial information on rights revenue, per categor y of rights managed and per type of use including
information on the income arising from the investment of rights revenue and the use of such income (whether it is
distributed t o rightholders or other collectiv e management or ganisations, or other wise used).
b) Financial information on the cost of rights management and other services provided by the collectiv e
management or ganisation t o rightholders, with a compr ehensiv e description of at least the following items:
aa) all oper ating and nancial costs, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e
management organisation and, wher e costs are indir ect and cannot be attributed to one or more categories of
rights, an explanation of the method used t o allocate such indir ect costs;
bb) oper ating and nancial costs, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e
management organisation and, wher e costs are indir ect and cannot be attributed to one or more categories of
rights, an explanatio n of the method used to allocate such indir ect costs, only with regar d to the management of
rights, including management fees deducted from or offset against rights revenue or any income arising from the
investment of rights r evenue in accor dance with par agraph 3 Ar ticle 17 and Ar ticle 18;
cc) oper ating and nancial costs with regar d to services other than the management of rights, but including
social, cultur al and educational ser vices;
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 33/61ee) deductions made from rights revenue, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e
management organisation, per type of use and the purpose of the deduction, such as costs relating to the
management of rights or t o social, cultur al or educational ser vices;
ff) the percentages that the cost of the rights management and other services provided by the collectiv e
management organisation to rightholders represents compar ed to the rights revenue in the relevant nancial year,
per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e management organisation, and, wher e costs are indir ect and
cannot be attributed to one or more categories of rights, an explanation of the method used to allocate such
indir ect costs.
(c) Financ ial information on amounts due to rightholders, with a compr ehensiv e description of at least the
following items:
aa) the total amoun t attributed to rightholders, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e
management or ganisation and type of use;
bb) the total amount paid to rightholders, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managedb y the collectiv e
management or ganisation and type of use;
cc) the frequency of payments, with a breakdown per categor y of rights managed by the collectiv e management
organisation and per type of use;
dd) the total amount collected but not yet attributed to rightholders, with a breakdown per categor y of rights
managed by the collectiv e management organisation and type of use, and indicating the nancial year in which
those amounts wer e collected;
ee) the total amoun t attributed to but not yet distributed to rightholders, with  a breakdown per categor y of rights
managed by the collectiv e management organisation and type of use, and indicating the nancial year in which
those amounts wer e collected;
ff) where a collecti ve management organisation has not carried out the distribution and payments within the
deadline set in paragraph 2 Article 19, the reasons for the dela y; gg) the total non-distributable amounts, along
with an explanation of the use t o which those amounts ha ve been put
gg) the total non-di stributable amounts , along with an explanation of the use to which those amounts have been
put
(d) Inform ation on relationships with other collectiv e management organisations, with a description of at least the
following items:
aa) amou nts receiv ed from other collectiv e management organisations and amounts paid to other collectiv e
management or ganisations, with a br eakdown per categor y of rights, per type of use and per or ganisation;
bb) management fees and other deductions from the rights revenue due to other collectiv e management
organisations, with a br eakdown per categor y of rights, per type of use and per or ganisation;
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a breakdown per categor y of rights and per or ganisation accor ding t o par agraph 3 Ar ticle 37.
3. Information t o be pr ovided in the special r epor t referred to in par agraph 2 Ar ticle 29 shall include:
a) the amounts deducted for the purposes of social, cultur al and educational services in the nancial year, with a
breakdown per type of service. The categories of rights from which the amount and shar e of each categor y
originates, as well as the use of the amount shall be r ecor ded per ser vice;
b) information and explanation on the use of those amounts, with a breakdown per type of service, the persons
receiving those amounts, managemen ts costs deducted to fund social, cultur al and educational services, as well
as the amounts actually deducted for those ser vices.
 
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Article 31: Obligations of the persons who manage the business of the collectiv e management or ganisation
(Article 10 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. A collect ive management organisation takes all necessar y measur es so that the persons who manage its
business, such as the Boar d of the Directors, the Director - Gener al, and the directors, do so in a sound, prudent
and appr opriate manner , using sound administr ative and accounting procedur es and internal contr ol
mechanisms.
2. Collectiv e management organisations put in place and apply procedur es to avoid conicts of inter est, and
wher e such conicts cannot be avoided, to identify , manage, monit or and disclose actual or potential conicts of
inter est in such a way as to prevent them from adversely affecting the collectiv e inter ests of the rightholders
whom the organisation represents. The procedur es referred to in the previous subpar agraph shall include at least
an annual individual statement to the Gener al Assembly of Members of the collectiv e management organisation
or to the Super visor y Boar d of the independent management entity referred to in Article 50 by the persons referred
to in paragraph 1, befor e they have assumed their duties, and subsequently , on an annual basis. The above-
mentioned statement shall include at least the following information:
a) any inter ests in the collectiv e management or ganisation;
b) any remuner ation, compensation, or benet receiv ed in the preceding  nancial year from the collectiv e
management organisation, including in the form of pension schemes, insu rance benets, benets in kind and
other types of benets;
c) any amounts received in the preceding nancial year as a rightholder from the collectiv e management
organisation or the independent management entity r eferred to in Ar ticle 50;
d) a declar ation concerning any actual or potential conict between any personal inter ests and those of the
collectiv e managem ent organisation or between any obligations owed to the collectiv e management organisation
and any other natur al or legal person.
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Article 32: Independent management entities (Ar ticle 36 par agraphs 1 and 2 par . 4 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Independent management entities except from those referred to in Article 50, are prohibited from managing
copyright and related – rights which are subject to mandat ory collectiv e management. Article 7 shall not apply to
independent management entities except from those referred to in Article 50 (as amended by paragraph 3 of
Article 51 of Law 4761/2020).
2. If an inde pendent management entity oper ates in the Greek territ ory in the form of a public limited company , its
shar es shall be register ed in their entir ety. If a shar eholder of such an indepe ndent management entity is another
public limited company , with a stak e of at least 1% in its shar e capital, the shar es of that company shall also be
register ed in their entirety, up to the last identied register ed natur al person. In case of participation of companies
of a legal form, other than the form of public limited company , in which public limited companies participate or
hold shar es with a stak e of at least 1%, their shar es shall be register ed in their entir ety, up to the last identied
register ed natur al person.
3. The oblig ations under paragraph 2 shall also apply to foreign public limited companies, which have a branch in
Greece or oper ate through established agents, provided that the law of the countr y of their register ed oce
provides for the registration of their shar es in their entir ety up to the last identied register ed natur al person, in
respect of their activities in whole or in part. If there is no such obligation according to the law of the countr y in
which they have their register ed oce, they shall produce a relevant certicate from the competent authority of
that coun try, to the extent it is provided for by a legal provision, other wise the foreign company shall provide a
declar ation of similar content and a detailed list of shar eholders up to the last identied register ed natur al person,
as pr ovided for in par agraph 2, which shall apply accor dingly .
4.Independent manag ement entities (IMEs), shall submit, within three months from their oper ation, to the HCO the
information provided by the sections a), b), c), f), g) h), i) and ji) of paragraph 1 of Article 28, as well as in addition
information concern ing representation  agreements in the case wher e they operative as exclusiv e representativ es.
Such infor mation is updated immediately following its amendment and, in any case, once a year, until the 31st of
Januar y, in accor dance with paragraph 7 of Article 4. Completion or explanation on such information may be
requested (as added with Ar ticle 48 of the Law 4996/2022).
5. IMEs under this Article are not allowed to become a member of a Collectiv e Management Organisation or to
enter into any other contr actual relationship with him on the object of mandat ory collectiv e management of rights
and of their distribu tion to rightholders (as added with Article 48 of the Law 4996/2022). (Note: This paragraph
was added to this law under Article 48 of the Law 4996/2022 as paragraph 5, while there was already paragraph 5
as follows.)
5. For the entry of an independent management entity into a collectiv e manage ment organisation in accor dance
with par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 13, the following ar e requir ed:
(a) the absence in any way of a conict between the inter ests of the members and/or of the shar eholders and/or
of the partners and/or of the manage ment members of the independent management entity with the collectiv e
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management entity , and
c) the appr oval of its entry by an increased majority of 75% of the members which are present at the gener al
meeting or/and of the super visor y boar d of the r espectiv e collectiv e management or ganisation.
(Note: Articles 47 and 48 apply since the 1st.1.2021. Independent management authorities are granted a time –
limit of thirty (30) days from the entry into force of this Law in order to comply with paragraph 6 of Article 12 and
paragraphs 4 and 5 of Ar ticle 32 of the Law 4481/2017 (as added with Ar ticle 49 of the Law 4996/2022)).
 
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Article 33: Conditions for multi-territ orial licencing for online rights in musical works (Ar ticle 24 par agraphs 1 and
2 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. A collectiv e management organisation shall grant multi-territ orial licenses for online rights in musical works
only if it has sucient capacity to process electr onically , in an ecient and transpar ent manner , data needed for
the administr ation of such licenses, in particular for the purposes of identifying the reper toire and monit oring its
use, inv oicing users, collecting rights r evenue and distributing amounts due t o rightholders.
2. In order to determin e whether the collectiv e management organisation has the necessar y capacity , the Hellenic
Copyright Organisation may, in particular , request that all information it considers necessar y, including
information on the technological infrastructur e of the organisation, as well as the extent to which such
information takes into account, insof ar as possible, voluntar y industr y standar ds and practices applicable at
international or EU level, so that an effectiv e and transpar ent electr onic processing of multi-territ orial licenses is
ensur ed.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, a collectiv e management organisation shall comply , at least, with the
following conditions:
(a) to have the ability to identify accur ately the musical works, wholly or in part, which the collectiv e management
organisation is authorised t o represent;
(b) to have the ability to identify accur ately , wholly or in part, with respect to each relevant territ ory, the rights and
their corresponding rightholders for each musical work or shar e therein which the collectiv e management
organisation is authorised t o represent;
(c) to mak e use of unique identiers in order to identify rightholders and musical works, taking into account, as far
as possible, v oluntar y industr y standar ds and pr actices de veloped at international or Union le vel;
(d) to mak e use of adequate mean s in order to identify and resolv e in a timely and effectiv e manner
inconsistencies in data held by other collectiv e management organisations granting multi-territ orial licences for
online rights in musical works.
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Article 34: Transpar ency of multi-territ orial r eper toire information (Ar ticle 25 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. The collectiv e management organisation which grants multi-territ orial licences for online rights in musical
works provides to online service providers, to rightholders whose rights it represents and to other collectiv e
management organisations, by electr onic means, in response to a duly justied request, up-to-date information
allowing the identication of the online music r eper toire it r epresents. This shall include:
(a) the musical works r epresented;
(b) the rights r epresented wholly or in par t; and
(c) the territ ories co vered.
2. The collectiv e management organisation may take reasonable measur es, wher e necessar y, to protect the
accur acy and integrity of the data, t o contr ol their r euse and t o protect commer cially sensitiv e information.
 
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Article 35: Accur acy of information on multi-territ orial r eper toires (Ar ticle 26 of the Dir ectiv e)
1.Every collectiv e management organisa tion granting multi-territ ory licenses for online rights in musical works
must have mechanisms in place to enable rightholders, other collectiv e management organisations and online
service pr oviders t o request the corr ection of the data r eferred to in the conditions set out in par agraph 3 of Ar ticle
33 or information provided under Article 34, wher e such rightholders, collectiv e management organisations and
online service providers belie ve, on the basis of sucient evidence, that the data or the information is inaccur ate
with regar d to their online rights in musical works. These mechanisms, whic h are made available to third parties
through the collect ive management organisation 's website, provide the receiver of the relevant request, the
manner in which the request is made, including the ability to send an e-mail, as well as the estimated time of
response. If the request is suciently substantiated, the collectiv e management organisation shall ensur e that the
data or information is corr ected without undue dela y.
2. The collectiv e management organisa tion shall provide rightholders whose musical works are included in its
reper toire and rightholders who have entrusted to it the management of their online rights in musical works, in
accor dance with Article 40, with the means of electr onic submission of information on their musical works, their
rights in those works, and the territ ories for which the rightholders authoriz e the organisation. During the
electr onic submissi on, collectiv e management organisations and rightholders shall, as far as possible, take into
account voluntar y industr y standar ds or practices relating to the exchange of data developed at international or
EU level, allowing rightholders to identi fy the musical work in whole or in part in part, the online rights, in whole or
in par t, and the territ ories for which the y authoriz e the collectiv e management or ganisation.
3.Wher e a collectiv e management organisation mandates another collectiv e management organisation to grant
multi-territ orial licenses for online rights in musical works in accor dance with Articles 38 and 39, the mandated
collectiv e management organisation shall also apply paragraph 2 in relation to the rightholders, whose musical6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
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Article 36: Accur ate and timely r epor ting and inv oicing (Ar ticle 27 (1) t o (5) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. A collectiv e management organisation monit ors the use of online rights in musical works which it represents,
wholly or in par t, by online ser vice pr oviders t o which it has gr anted a multi-territ orial licence for those rights.
2. The collectiv e management organisation shall offer online service providers the possibility of repor ting by
electr onic means the actual use of online rights in musical works and online service providers shall accur ately
repor t the actual use of those works. The collectiv e management organisation shall offer the use of at least one
method of repor ting which takes into account voluntar y industr y standar ds or practices developed at international
or EU level for the electr onic exchange of such data. The collectiv e management organisation may refuse to
accept reporting by the online service provider in a proprietar y format if the collectiv e management organisation
allows for r epor ting using an industr y standar d for the electr onic ex change of data.
3. The collectiv e management organisa tion shall invoice the online service provider by electr onic means. The
collectiv e management organisation shall offer the use of at least one format which takes into account voluntar y
industr y standar ds or practices developed in international or EU level. The invoice shall identify the works and
rights which are licensed, wholly or in part, on the basis of the information in paragraph 3 of Article 33 and the
corresponding actual uses, to the extent that this is possible on the basis of the information provided by the
online service provider and the format used to provide that information. The online service provider may not
refuse to accept the invoice because of its format if the collectiv e managem ent organisation is using an industr y
standar d.
4. The collectiv e man agement organisat ion shall invoice the online service provider accur ately and without dela y
after the actual use of the online rights in that musical work is repor ted, except wher e this is not possible for
reasons attributable to the online service provider . The frequency of submission of this repor t is determined by
agreement but, in any case, at least twice a y ear.
5. The collectiv e management organisation provides online service providers with adequate mechanisms
enabling them to challenge the accur acy of the invoice, including the cases wher e the on-line service provider
receiv es invoices from one or more collectiv e management organisations for the same online rights in the same
musical work.
 
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Article 37: Accur ate and timely pa yment t o rightholders (Ar ticle 28 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. With out prejudice to paragraph 3, any collectiv e management organisa tion which grants multi-territ orial
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reasons attributable t o the online ser vice pr ovider .
2. With out prejudice to paragraph 3, the collectiv e management organisation shall provide at least the following
information t o rightholders t ogether with each pa yment it mak es under par agraph 1:
(a) the period durin g which the uses took place for which amounts are due to rightholders and the territ ories in
which the uses t ook place;
(b) the amounts collected, deductions made, and amounts distributed by the collectiv e management organisation
for each online right in any musical work which rightholders have authoriz ed the collectiv e management
organisation, wholly or in par t, to represent;
(c) the amounts collected for rightholders, deductions made, and amo unts distributed by the collectiv e
management or ganisation in r espect of each online ser vice pr ovider .
3. Wher e a collectiv e management organisation mandates another collectiv e management organisation to grant
multi-territ orial licences for the online rights in musical works under Articles 38 and 39, the mandated collectiv e
management organisation shall distribute the amounts referred to in paragraph 1 accur ately and without dela y
and shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 2 to the mandating collectiv e management
organisation. The mandating collecti ve management organisation shall be responsible for the subsequent
distribution of such amounts and the provision of such information to rightholders, unless the collectiv e
management or ganisations agr ee other wise.
4. Paragraphs 5 to 8 of Article 19 on the denition and use of non-distributabl e amounts shall also apply to this
Article.
 
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Article 38: Agr eements between collectiv e management or ganisations for multi-territ orial licensing (Ar ticle 29 of
the Dir ectiv e)
1. Any representation agreement between collectiv e management organisations wher eby a collectiv e
management organisation mandates another collectiv e management organisation to grant multi-territ orial
licenses for the online rights in musical works in its own music reper toire is of a non-ex clusiv e natur e. The
mandated collectiv e management or ganisation shall manage those online rights on a non-discriminat ory basis.
2. The mandating collectiv e management organisation shall inform its members of the main terms of the
agreement, including its duration and the costs of the services provided by the mandated collectiv e management
organisation.
3. The mandated collectiv e management organisation shall inform the mandating collectiv e management
organisation of the main terms accor ding to which the latter ’s online rights are to be licensed, including the natur e
of the exploitation, the terms or provisions which relate to or affect the license fee, the duration of the license, the
accounting periods and the territ ories co vered.
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Article 39: Obligation t o represent another collectiv e management or ganisation for multi-territ orial licensing
(Article 30 (1) t o (6) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Wher e a collectiv e management organisation which does not grant or offer to grant multi-territ orial licences for
the online rights in musical works in its own reper toire requests another collectiv e management organisation to
enter into a representation agreement to represent those rights, the requested collectiv e management
organisation is requir ed to agree to such a request if it is already granting or offering to grant multi-territ orial
licences for the same categor y of online rights in musical works in the reper toire of one or more other collectiv e
management or ganisations.
2. The requested collectiv e managemen t organisation shall respond to the requesting collectiv e management
organisation in writing and without undue dela y. In the e vent of a negativ e reply, it must be suciently justied.
3. With out prejudice to paragraphs 5 and 6, the requested collectiv e managem ent organisation shall manage the
represented reper toire of the requesting collectiv e management organisation on the same conditions as those
which it applies t o the management of its own r eper toire.
4. The requested collectiv e management organisation shall include the represented reper toire of the requesting
collectiv e management or ganisation in all off ers it addr esses t o online ser vice pr oviders.
5. The management fee for the service provided by the requested collectiv e management organisation to the
requesting or ganisation shall not ex ceed the costs r easonably incurr ed under those cir cumstances.
6. The requesting collectiv e managem ent organisation shall mak e available to the requested collectiv e
management organisation information relating to its own music reper toire requir ed for the provision of multi-
territ orial licences for online rights in musical works. Wher e information is insucient or provided in a form that
does not allow the requested collectiv e management organisation to meet the requir ements of Articles 33 to 41,
the reque sted colle ctive management organisation shall be entitled to char ge the costs reasonably incurr ed in
meeting such r equir ements or t o exclude those works for which information is insucient or cannot be used.
 
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Article 40: Access t o multi-territ orial licensing (Ar ticle 31 of the Dir ectiv e)
If a collectiv e management organisation does not grant or offer to grant multi-territ orial licences for online rights
in musical works or does not allow another collectiv e management organisation to represent those rights for such
purpose by 10 October 2017, rightho lders who have authorised that colle ctive management organisation to
represent their online rights in musica l works can withdr aw from that collectiv e management organisation the
online rights in musical works for the purposes of multi-territ orial licensing in respect of all territ ories without
having to withdr aw the online rights in musical works for the purposes of mono-territ orial licensing, so as to grant
multi-territ orial licences for their online rights in musical works themselv es or through any other party they
authorise or through any collectiv e management organisation. The written notice of three (3) months provided in6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
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submission of the written notice.
 
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Article 41: Specic arr angements (Ar ticle 32 of the Dir ectiv e)
The provisions of Articles 33 to 41 shall not apply to collectiv e managemen t organisations when they grant, on
the basis of the voluntar y aggr egation  of the requir ed rights, in compliance with the competition rules a multi-
territ orial licence for the online rights in musical works requir ed by a broadcaster to communicate or mak e
available to the public its radio or television programmes simultaneously with or after their initial broadcast, as
well as any online material, including previews, produced by or for the broadcaster which is ancillar y to the initial
broadcast of its r adio or tele vision pr ogramme.
 
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Article 42: Complaint pr ocedur es (Ar ticle 33 par agraphs 1 and 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Collectiv e management organisations  shall mak e available to their members, and to collectiv e management
organisations on whose behalf they manage rights under a representatio n agreement, effectiv e and timely
procedur es for dealing with complaints, particularly in relation to authorisatio n to manage rights and termination
or withdr awal of rights, membership  terms, the collection of amounts due to rightholders, deductions and
distributions.
2. Each collectiv e management organisa tion shall post, in a prominent way, on its website the data requir ed for
the submission of complaints, as well as the relevant context and the procedur e governing the submission and
processing of such complaints.
3. If a complaint is lodged with a collectiv e management organisation, the organisation shall inform the
complainant of receipt of the complaint immediately and in any case no later than three (3) working days after
submission. The complaint shall be led in writing in any manner deemed appr opriate by the complainant,
including e-mail.
4. The collectiv e management organisa tion shall provide a written and justied response at the latest within
twelv e (12) working days following the receipt of the complaint. If further information is requir ed from the
collectiv e management organisation, it may request it from the complainant within that time limit. In this case, the
collectiv e management organisation must give a written and justied response at the latest within seven (7)
working da ys fr om the date of r eceipt of the supplementar y information.
 
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Article 43: Notication of potential violations (Ar ticle 36 par agraph 2 of the Dir ectiv e)6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 42/611. Members  of a collectiv e managemen t organisation, rightholders, users, collectiv e management organisations
and other inter ested parties may notify the HCO in writing or in any way they deem appr opriate, including email, of
activities or circumstances which, in their opinion, constitute a violation of the provisions of this Law or of Law
2121/1993.
2. Within two (2) working days of receipt of the notication, the HCO shall inform the sender of its receipt and
shall notif y it to the party concerned and to the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts. The Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts,
through its competent services and/or the HCO and/or other co-competent  Ministries, should investigate such
activity or circumst ances and to this end may request both the person who made the notication and the party
concerned to produce any document or other evidence it deems appr opriate. Also, in the course of the inquir y
procedur e under Article 46, the person to whom the notication pertains is requir ed to accept the investigation
without interruption and to submit to the persons carrying out the investigation all the requested documents,
elements and data, as well as any other requested information within the framework of this investigation, within
the reason able time limit designated by the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts. The provisions of Article 46 shall apply
to the investigation  ordered by the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts. Upon a justied recommendation by HCO , the
Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts shall inform the sender of the notication of the outcome of the investigation
within a r easonable time. If an infringement is established, the pr ovisions of Ar ticles 46 t o 47 shall apply .
 
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Article 44: Alternativ e dispute r esolution pr ocedur es (Ar ticle 34 of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Disputes between collectiv e management organisations, collectiv e protection organisations and members of
collectiv e managem ent organisations, rightholders or users regar ding the provisions of this law and of Law
2121/1993ma y, if so desir ed by all the parties involved, be submitted to mediation, in accor dance with the
provisions of Law 3898/2010 (A ’ 211).
2. Disp utes relating to a collectiv e management organisation which grants or offers to grant multi-territ orial
licences for online rights in musical works ma y also be submitted t o mediation, and in par ticular:
(a) disput es with an actual or potential online service provider regar ding the application of Articles 22, 34, 35 and
36;
(b) disputes with one or mor e rightholders r egar ding the application of Ar ticles 34 t o 40, and;
(c) disputes with another collectiv e management or ganisation r egar ding the application of Ar ticles 34 t o 39
3. In case of failur e of the mediation, minutes shall be drawn up in accor dance with paragraph 2 of Article 9 of
Law 3898/2010. The procedur e of mediation shall be without prejudice to the right of parties to bring an action
befor e a cour t. The parties can resor t to mediation either befor e or during links pendens. In the case wher e the
dispute is submitted to mediation, any it shall action befor e the cour t is ruled out until the completion of the
procedur e. If it is submitted -to mediation-while the cour t proceedings are still pending, the cour t, at each instance
of the trial, if the parties agree, shall postpone the trial of the case to an immediate trial date and in any case no
later than six months.
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Article 45: (Ar ticle 35 par agraph 2 of the Dir ectiv e)
Article 44 shall be without prejudice to the right of parties to asser t and defend their rights by concurr ently
bringing an action befor e a cour t.
 
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Article 46: Sanctions (Ar ticle 36 (3), sub-par agraphs one and two of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Any violation of the provisions of this Law or of Law 2121/1993 by a collectiv e management or protection
organisation or an independent management entity or an independent manag ement entity referred to in Article 50
shall result in the imposition, cumulativ ely or alternativ ely, of the following sanctions, on the basis of the following
procedur e:
a) an administr ative ne of two thousand (2,000) t o two hundr ed thousand (200,000) eur o,
b) tempor ary or denitiv e revocation of the oper ating license.
2. Sanctions may also be imposed on account of refusal, in whole or in part, on the part of the organisations or
independent entities referred to in paragraph 1 to cooper ate with the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and the HCO
in the framework of this Law and Law 2121/1993, which also includes the failur e to produce data, the refusal to
produce books and other documents r equested and the failur e to provide copies or extr acts ther eof.
3. The gravity and severity of the offense , its duration, any prior notication by the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts
requesting complia nce on account of the same violation, the recurr ence of the infringement, previous offenses,
the gross revenue and the gener al economic status of the organisations or independent management entities
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be taken into account for the determination  of the type of sanction and of the
amount of the ne.
4. Where a specic breach is established for the rst time, the Minister of Culture and Spor ts may, depending on
its gravity, addr ess a recommendation of compliance and set a reasonable deadline for compliance. If the
organisation or independent entity fails to fully comply within the above deadline, paragraph 1 shall apply . The
organisation 's comp liance or non-compliance is determined by decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts,
following a r easoned r ecommendation b y HCO .
5. For monit oring the compliance of the collectiv e management or protection organisations or the independent
management entiti es referred to in paragraph 1 with the provisions of this Law and of Law 2121/1993, an
investigation shall be carried out, either ex ocio or following a complaint. This investigation shall be carried out
by the competent ser vices of the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts and/or other co-competent ministries or HCO .
6. The decision ordering the investigation may also include an audit by independent audit ors - accountants or
audit services of other co-competent ministries, mandated by a joint decision of the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts and any competent Minister . If a breach is established, the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may char ge the
total cost of the audit to the audited organisation or independent entity referred to in paragraph 1. Such costs, as6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 44/61well as any administr ative ne, shall be char ged on the statut ory management fees of the organisation or
independent entity referred to in paragraph 1. During the investigation, the investigated organisation or
independent entity referred to in paragraph 1, shall without dela y mak e available to the investigat ors any such
information as they deem necessar y. In the event of refusal or obstruction of those conducting the investigation in
the performance of their duties, they may request the assistance of the prosecuting authorities and any other
competent authority .
7. The ndings of the investigation carried out shall be communicated to the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and to
HCO . HCI shall invite the respectiv e organisation or independent entity to a hearing, accor ding to the procedur e
under Article 6 of the Code of Administr ative Procedur e (L. 2690/1999. After the hearing, the HCO shall
communicate to the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts the views of the audited organisation or independent entity ,
shall draw up a repor t and shall subm it a reasoned recommendation to the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts with
respect to the issua nce of a decision on the breach and the sanctions referred to in paragraph 1. In the event of a
breach, the Minister shall, without prejudice to paragraph 4, issue a decision establishing the breach and imposing
a penalty . The decis ion shall be served to the organisation or the independent entity referred to in paragraph 1 and
shall be made public b y posting on the websites of the or ganisation and of HCO .
8. The tempor ary revocation of the oper ating licenses of the organisations or independent entities referred to in
paragraph 1 shall be imposed for a period of up to six (6) months during which their oper ation shall be suspended,
except for the capacity t o appear in pending trials.
9. The decision ordering the tempor ary revocation of the oper ating licenses of the organisations and the
independent entitie s referred to in paragraph 1 shall enter into force one (1) month after its publication in the
Ocial Government Gazette. The decision on the denitiv e revocation shall enter into force three (3) months after
its publication in the Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette.
10. The decision ordering the tempor ary or denitiv e revocation of the oper ating licenses of the organisations and
the independent entities r eferred to in par agraph 1 shall be published in the Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette.
11. The amount of the administr ative ne shall be determined by decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts,
following a r ecommendation b y HCO .
 
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Article 47: Collection of the ne
The ministerial decision to impose a ne constitutes an enfor ceable title, according to which the ne is collected
in accor dance with the provisions of the legislativ e decr ee 356/1974 (Ocial Government Gazette A’ 90) “On the
Code for the Public Re venue Collection ”.
 
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 45/611. The Hellenic Copyright Organisation shall respond, without undue dela y, to a request for information, submitted
by a competent authority of another EU Member State, concerning matters relevant to the application of Articles 1
to 54, and in particular with regar d to the activities of collectiv e managem ent organisations and independent
management entities established in the Gr eek territ ory, provided that the r equest is duly justied.
2. Where the HCO considers that a colle ctive management organization or an independent management entity ,
which is established in another EU Member – State and oper ates within the Greek territ ory, might be not –
compliant with the provisions of the national law of the Member – State in which it is established and which had
been set – out for the purpose of adap tation to the Directiv e, it transmits, by notifying the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts, all relevant information to the competent authority of the Member – State in which the organization or the
independent management entity is established. Such information may be complemented by an application to the
authority to receiv e all appr opriate measur es within its competence. If the HCO receiv es respectiv e information or
an applica tion from a competent auth ority of another Member – State of the EU for a collectiv e management
organization or an independent mana gement entity which is established in Greece but oper ates in another
Member – State, it transmits the application or information to the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts and recommends
taking of appr opriate measur es. The HCO provides for a reasoned reply to the competent authority within three (3)
months fr om the r eceipt of the application (as amended b y par agraph 4 of Ar ticle 51 of Law 4761/2020).
3. After having notie d the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, HCI may submit the issues referred to in paragraph 2 to
the Exper t Group.
 
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Article 49: Pr otection of personal data (Ar ticle 42 of the Dir ectiv e)
The processing of personal data carried out within the framework of this Law shall be subject to the provisions of
Law 2472/1997 (A ’50).
 
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Article 50: Collectiv e management b y independent management entities in dominant position
Independent management entities that either existed or are established after the entry into force of this Law and
which engage in collectiv e management of copyright or related rights and which are in a dominant position in the
Greek mark et in the categor y they represent, are obliged to provide in their statutes for a gener al assembly of their
members and a super visor y boar d, accor ding to paragraph 9 of Article 9 and paragraph 8 of Article 10. The
provisions of this Law relating to collectiv e management organisations including the relevant provisions of
Articles 7 and 28 and the provisions on mandat ory collectiv e managemen t, as well as the provisions of Law
2121/1993, including paragraph 2 of Article 69 of Law 2121/1993, as this paragraph was replaced by paragraph
13 of Article 7 of Law 2819/2000 (A’ 84) shall apply to independent management entities which existed during the
time that this Law came int o for ce.
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Article 51: Commissioner for Reor ganisation
1. In the event that a collectiv e management organisation or an independent management entity referred to in
Article 50 fails to meet its overdue nancial obligations towar ds its creditors, including rightholders who have
entrusted them with the management of their rights on a gener al and permanent basis (cease of payments), the
competent cour t may, at the request of the creditors or the super visor y boar d or the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts, upon recommendation by HCO , assign to the receiv er the exclusiv e power of reorganisation of the
collectiv e managem ent organisation or the independent management entity or the independent entity referred to
in Ar ticle 50. The pr ovisions of legislation on bankruptcy shall also apply .
2.
a) In the event of actual or threatened failur e to meet the nancial obligations on the part of the legal persons
referred to in paragraph 1 or in the event of a serious nancial or manage ment problem which endangers the
rights of the rightholders, the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may lodge an application with the Single-member
Cour t of First Instance of the region wher e the organisation or entity has its register ed oce, for the appointment
of a Commissioner for Reor ganisation and a deputy , by nominating ve (5) persons of recogniz ed prestige and
professional exper ience in matters of business administr ation or nan ce pursuant to a list of persons
recommended by the HCO or the Super visor y Boar d. The Commissioner for Reor ganisation shall have the power
to reorganiz e the or ganisation or the entity .
b) The cour t shall adjudicate in accor dance with the procedur e of non-contentious jurisdiction. The hearing of the
case shall take place within ve (5) days of the lodging of the application. The cour t shall select the person to be
appointed as Commissioner for Reor ganisation and his/her deputy within fteen (15) days following the hearing,
taking into account the qualications of the persons nominated. The cour t shall also determine his/her term of
oce, which shall be at least one (1) year, and shall decide on whether the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may
extend the Commissioner 's term of oce for up to two (2) years, as well as on the Minister 's discr etionar y power
to dismiss the Commissioner , wher e there are serious grounds and with a specic statement of reasons, befor e
the expir y of the Commissioner 's term of oce. The decision of the cour t shall not be subject to ordinar y or
extraordinar y legal r emedies and its eff ect ma y not be arr ested.
c)From the publication of the cour t's decision, the Commissioner assumes the management of the legal person,
superseding the statut ory administr ation and management bodies in the exercise of their powers. The
Commissioner shall assess the nancial, administr ative and organisational state of the legal person referred to in
paragraph 1 and shall endea vor to redress the organisation or entity . The Commissioner shall represent the legal
person referred to in paragraph 1 vis-a-vis third parties, in judicial and extra-judicial proceedings, as well as in its
daily transactions, including the prepar ation of nancial statements and the ling of tax returns, wher eas the
requir ement for appr oval of the nancial statements by the gener al assembly of shar eholders shall be suspended
as long as the reorganisation process  is in place. The Commissioner may bring any action befor e a cour t and
exercise any legal remedy in the name of the legal persons referred to in paragraph 1, in order to defend their
inter ests and the inter ests of their members, including any action for damages against persons involved in the
management or the personnel, for damages incurr ed by the collectiv e management organisation or the
independent management entity on account of acts or omissions of such persons. The emplo yees of the6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 47/61collectiv e managem ent organisation shall be requir ed to provide the Commis sioner with any information or data
requested and to facilitate the performance of his duties. The appointment of the Commissioner shall not entail
the cance llation, termination or variation of any agreements, the maturity of any debts of the legal person referred
to in par agraph 1 or the suspension of individual pr osecutions against the members of the administr ation.
d)The remuner ation of the Commissioner for Reor ganisation shall be freely determined by the cour t on the basis
of a recommendati on by the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, as formulated at the suggestion of HCO , taking into
account the value of the assets of the legal persons referred to in paragraph 1, the Commissioner 's term of oce
and the benecial effect of his activity on the inter ests of members. The Commissioner 's remuner ation shall be
paid on a monthly basis and, along with other Reor ganisation expenses, it will be rstly char ged on HCO' s budget.
To assist the Commissioner 's work, HCO may, upon proposal by the Commissioner , conclude service agreements
with legal , nancial  or technical advisers, subject to the appr oval of the persons and their remuner ation by the
Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts. Permanent emplo yees of Ministries, independent Authorities, as well as of legal
entities governed by public and private law within the gener al government, may be seconded to HCO , accor ding to
Law 4440/2016 (A’ 224), and they shall assist in the Commissioner 's work. Seconded emplo yees shall receiv e the
entir e salar y of their organisation and those salaries shall be char ged on HCO' s budget. The term of service
agreements may not exceed the length of the Commissioner 's term of oce. Concerning compensation for work
exceeding the mandat ory working hours of persons assisting the Commissioner , the provisions of item (a) of
paragraph 2 of par. C of Article 20 of L. 4354/2015 (A’176) shall apply . Compensation for the above-mentioned
mandat ory overtime shall be attested by the Commissioner and shall be char ged on HCO' s budget. The Ministers
of Finance  and Cultur e and Spor ts shall, by joint decision, determine the arrangement details of payment by the
legal entities referred to in paragraph 1 to the HCO of an amount equal to the costs (in particular , the
Commissioner 's remuner ation, other reorganisation costs, salaries and contr acts) which shall be char ged on
HCO' s budget for the reorganisation of legal entities referred to in paragraph 1. Such sum shall be char ged on the
management f ees of the legal persons r eferred to in par agraph 1, as pr ovided for in this Law .
e) The Commissioner 's liability shall be limited to malicious intent and gross negligence. The Commissioner for
Reor ganisation shall not be subject to detainment nor shall he be liable under  civil or criminal law or other wise for
the debts of the company under going reorganisation, irrespectiv e of the time of their conrmation and the time at
which the y wer e incurr ed.
 
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Article 51Α
1. In the case wher e the oper ating license of a collectiv e management organisation or of an independent
management entity  referred to in Article 50 is revoked by decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, the
management of the rights of the rightholders is entrusted to HCO , exceptionally and on a tempor ary basis, until
the collectiv e management is under taken by another organisation, and in any case for a time - period not
exceeding two (2) years. These duties are performed by the Special Service of exceptional rights management
under paragraph 3 of Article 11 of Presidential Decr ee 311/1994 ( Α΄  165). By the same decision, a Tempor ary
Administr ator, responsible for the management of the rights of the rightholders, is appointed. This person shall be
of recogniz ed prestige and respectiv e professional experience in nancial or legal matters. This person may also6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 48/61be a gener al government or a public-sect or emplo yee; in this case, it is deemed as ex ocio seconded to this
position for the time period of performance of duties. The period of service on this position shall be consider ed,
with regar d to all its effects, as an actual service on his/her permanent post. Following the end of the term of
oce, the appointe d person shall automatically return to the post formerly held. By a decision of the Boar d of
Directors of HCO , upon a recommendation issued by the Tempor ary Administ rator, the necessar y works contr acts,
for the exceptional administr ation, are concluded, as well as the procur emen t or service contr acts, which displa y
an exceptional and urgent char acter in derogation from the Procur ement Regulation of HCO , while they are also
excluded from the gener al or special provisions of Law 4412/2016 ( Α΄  147) and Law 4413/2016 ( Α΄  148). To
assist the Tempor ary Administr ator’s work, the HCO may, upon proposal by the Administr ator, conclude service
agreements with legal, nancial or technical advisers, as well as with administr ative personnel, insofar as their
appointment, along  with their remuner ation, have been appr oved by the Boar d of Directors of HCO . The duration of
those agreements shall not exceed the duration of the exceptional administr ation. By the decision of the rst
subpar agraph, the monetar y amounts kept in separ ate accounts under item  (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 17 are
transf erred to the HCO in order to be attributed to the rightholders. For the same purpose, securities and
dematerializ ed securities related to the rights of the rightholders are also transf erred to HCO . In payment of those
securities, the amount of any commission in force during the withdr awal of the oper ating license of the collectiv e
management organisation or of the independent management entity referred to in Article 50 is deducted and is
further paid to the respectiv e organisation or entity . By the same decision, the remuner ation of the Tempor ary
Administr ator is determined, as well as the execution mode, the formalities concerning the commencement and
termination of performance of duties, and any other detail regar ded as necessar y. The Tempor ary Administr ator
shall subm it to the Boar d of Directors of the HCO and to the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts a six – monthly activity
repor t.
2. The authorization and representati on agreements concluded by the organisation or the independent
management entity  referred to in Article 50, whose oper ating license has been withdr awn, are terminated
automatically . Upon the publication of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, new, identical agreements shall be
deemed concluded between the righth olders and HCO , as well as between collectiv e management organisations
and HCO , for the time period remaining under the previous agreement, and which shall not exceed the duration of
the exceptional administr ation. Rightholders and collectiv e management organisations have the right to oppose
to the aforementioned authorization and representation as entrusted to HCO , within sixty (60) days from the
publication of the decision referred to in paragraph 1, by notifying, in writing, the HCO of their statement that they
do not wish to be represented by the latter . The rightholders and the collectiv e management organisations shall
be informed with regar d to this right from the Special Service of excepti onal administr ation of rights by all
appr opriate means. Following the expir y of the aforementioned time period, paragraph 2 of Article 12 of Law
4481/2017shall be applicable.
3. The provisions of Article 7 of this Law, as well as the provisions of Article 18, paragraph 7 of Article 35, Article
49 and paragraph 2 of Article 69 of Law 2121/1993 ( Α΄  25) shall be also applicable in the event of exceptional
administr ation as per formed b y HCO .
4. The provisions set out in this Law shall apply to the Special Service of exceptional rights administr ation, to the
extent they are compatible with the purpose of the exceptional administr ation . Within the oper ating framework of
the Special Service, and as long as the exceptional administr ation persists, a Gener al Assembly of members shall6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 49/61oper ate, as well as a Super visor y Boar d as set out in Articles 9 and 10 in respect of collectiv e management
organisations. Item a ΄ of paragraph 2, as well as item b ΄ of paragraph 2 of Article 9, with regar d to the election and
remo val of the mem bers of the boar d of directors, the Director - Gener al’s appointment, the remuner ation of the
aforementioned persons, as well as of the members of the Super visor y Boar d, are explicitly exempted from the
competencies of the Gener al Assembly .
5. During the exceptional administr ation as set out in paragraph 1, the collectiv e management organisation or the
independent entity referred to in Article 50, whose oper ating license has been  revoked, is obliged to allow , without
any restrictions, the access of the persons certied by the HCO to the physic al, digitiz ed or digital documentation
archive or/and to the works of the rightholders which it represented at the time when the oper ating license was
revoked, as well as to any other archive necessar y for the management of rights. For the purposes of exceptional
management and super vision, the HCO shall be the legitimate user of those archives. “Access” shall also mean
the ability of the persons certied by HCO to access the premises of the collectiv e management organisation or
the independent entity referred to in Article 50, for the aforementioned purpo se. The HCO takes all the necessar y
measur es for the protection and preser vation of the physical, digitiz ed and digital documentation archives and/or
the works of the rightholders of the organisation or the independent management entity referred to in Article 50,
whose operating license has been revoked, and the competent authorities shall contribute to the aforementioned
purposes. The HCO shall not be liable for any destruction or corruption of the physical, digitiz ed or digital archives,
as well as of the works of the rightholders for whate ver reason, except in the case of gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
6. Any person preventing, hindering via all kind of media or carriers, denying access to the archives referred to in
paragraph 5, concealing or remo ving documents and evidence, and with his/her acts thereto, dela ying, hampering
or negating the work of the HCO , shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of up to three (3) years and with a
monetar y ne of at least ten thousand (10.000) eur os.
7. In the event of divestment or transf er of the archive referred to in the previous paragraph for any reason, Greek
State shall ha ve pre-emptiv e pur chase rights.
8. The Gener al Assembly of the members of the Special Service of exceptional rights management shall decide
on the collectiv e management organis ation which will under take the manage ment of their rights. The transf er of
activities of the Special Service to the successor collectiv e management organisation, as well as the regulation of
the matte rs concerning the assessment of the value of the assets transf erred, and the terms of payment of the
amount that may occur from the successor organisation to the HCO , shall be determined in a joint order issued by
the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and the Minister of Finance.
9. The size of the amount of the excepti on subsidy granted to the HCO from the State budget with regar d to the
exceptional and tempor ary duties under taken by the Special Service of exceptional rights management under this
Article, shall be determined in a joint  order issued by the Minister of Culture and Spor ts and the Minister of
Finance. This subsidy does not affect the char acter of the legal natur e of the HCO in accor dance with paragraph 4
of Ar ticle 69 of Law 2121/1993 (as inser ted b y par agraph 7 of Ar ticle 45 of Law 4531/2018).
10.The entrus tment of the management of the rights of the rightholders to HCO on an exceptional and tempor ary
basis in accor danc e with paragraph 1, does not constitute a transf er of proper ty, under Article 479 of the Civil
Code, of the collect ive management organisation or of an independent man agement entity referred to in Article6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 50/6150, the oper ating license of which has been revoked, to HCO . The HCO does not become a residuar y legatee or a
special assignee of the collectiv e man agement organisation or of an indepen dent management entity referred to
in Article 50. This provision shall com e into force as from 5.4.2018 (as added by paragraph 5 Article 85 Law
4605/2019).
 
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Article 52: Rights infringement on the internet
1. In Law 2121/1993, following Article 66D, an Article number ed 66E and entitled “Sanctions for infringement of
copyright and r elated rights on the internet” is inser ted, as follows:
“1. In cases of copyright or related rights infringement on the internet, the rightholder may follow the procedur e
described in the following paragraphs. For the purposes of this Article, right holder means the rightholder whose
right has been infringed on the internet, as well as any collectiv e management organisation or collectiv e
protection organisa tion entrusted with the management or protection of copyright or related rights. This
procedur e shall not apply to infringements committed by end - users through downloading or streaming or peer to
peer le sharing, which allow for direct exchange of digital les of works between end - users, or to cases of
infringement by means of provision of data storage services through cloud computing. This procedur e shall be
without prejudice to the procedur e provided for by the Regulation on Management and Assignment of .gr Domain
names of the Hellenic Telecommunications and P ost Commission (EE TT), which is specied b y EE TT’s decision.
2. For the implemen tation of the procedure provided for in this Article, a Committee for the Notication of
Copyright and Related Rights Infringement on the Internet shall be constituted by decision of the Minister of
Cultur e and Spor ts, assisted by the personnel of the HCO . The Committee shall consist of three-members, and in
particular , of the Chairman of the Boar d of Directors of the HCO , the vice – president of the Boar d of Directors of
the HCO as his/her  deputy , a represen tativ e of EETT and his deputy , both appointed by the Chairman of EETT, a
representativ e of Hellenic Data Protec tion Authority (HDP A) and his deput y, both appoint by the Chairman of
HDP A. The Chairman of HCO shall be the President of the Committee and the representativ e of EETT’s shall act as
secr etary. The term of oce of the Committee shall be thr ee (3) y ears.
3. Any issue related to the establishment, oper ation and responsibilities of the Committee shall be determined by
decision of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts. The provisions of Article 21 of Law 4354/2015 ( Α΄ 176), as
amended by the similar provisions of Article 52 of Law 4369/2016 ( Α΄ 33), shall apply to the determination of the
remuner ation of the members of the Committee. The decision of sentence 1 herein shall also determine the fee
payable to HCO by the applicant, upon his application to the Committee, as a fee for the examination of his case.
This f ee shall be paid in adv ance and shall be a pr erequisite for the commencement of the pr ocedur e.
4. The right holder shall submit his application for the termination of the infringement either in person or by
electr onic means. He shall ll in the pre-established application form posted on the website of the HCO to the
Committee, shall submit it to the Committee and shall attach any document referred to therein as mandat ory, as
well as any other relevant information evidencing his right. As a condition for the admissibility of his application,6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 51/61the righth older must have followed the procedur e provided for by the provider , and that this procedur e failed to
produce r esults notwithstanding its conclusion within a r easonable time.
5. Within ten (10) working days from receipt of the application, the Committee shall decide either (a) to close the
case or (b) t o continue with the pr oceedings.
a. The case shall be closed b y an act of the Committee, stating at least one of the following r easons:
aa. non - use of the pr e-established application form;
bb. lack of sucient information;
cc. lis pendens between the same par ties or a nal decision on the dispute at issue;
dd. lack of competence;
ee. lack of r easons and sucient e vidence (manif estly unfounded);
ff. withdr awal of the application prior t o its examination;
gg. non - pa yment of the examination f ee in accor dance t o par agraph 3;
hh. license for the use of rights.
b. In the case of continuation of the procedur e, the Committee shall, within ten (10) working days from receipt of
the application, simultaneously inform access providers on the internet, and, wher e possible, the hosting service
provider and the administr ators, and/or owners of the websites referred to in the application. Such notication
shall include at least the precise determination of rights allegedly infringed, the provisions of the law which,
accor ding to the rightsholder ’s statement, are violated, a summar y of the facts and the outcome of the evaluation
of evidence, the competent person to whom objections may be submitted, the terms of termination of the
procedur e and a reference to the voluntar y compliance for which the parties involved may opt. The addr essee of
this notication may voluntar y comply with the applicant’ s request or obtain from the applicant a relevant license
within ten (10) work ing days from the date of receipt of the notication. Alter nativ ely, he may raise his objections
to the Committee within ve (5) working days from the date of receipt of the notication, sending, at the same
time, all the evidence showing, in particular , that there is no infringement. These periods may be extended to twice
their length upon a decision issued by the Committee. In the case of voluntar y compliance of the addr essee of the
notication, the Committee shall issue a decision in which his voluntar y compliance is expr essly stated. In the
event that a licens e for use of rights is obtained, the case shall be close d. Upon expir y of the deadline for
objections to be raised and wher e necessar y, the Committee shall request from any party that additional
information be pr oduced within v e (5) working da ys.
6. With in ve (5) working days from the expir y of the above deadlines, the Com mittee shall examine the case, and
in no later  than forty (40) working days following the submission of the application, shall notify the addr essees of
the notication and the applicant of its decision b y which:
a. Where no infringement of copyrigh t and/or related rights has been established, it shall close the case by a
reasoned act;6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 52/61b. or, wher e an infrin gement has been established, it shall issue a reasoned decision, wher eby it requests from the
addr essees to comply with it within a time period not exceeding three (3) working days from the date of service of
the decision.
Wher e the time limits referred to in paragraph 5 are extended by decision of the Committee under the seventh
subpar agraph, the deadline of forty (40) working days under the rst subpar agraph shall be extended to sixty (60)
working days. If the Committee nds that a copyright or a related right has been infringed, it shall request from the
addr esses of the notication to remo ve the infringing content from the website on which it had been illegally
posted or to block access to it. If the content is hosted on a website whose server is located within the Greek
territ ory, the Committee shall request the addr essees of the notication to remo ve that content. In the case of
large - scale infringements, the Committee may decide to discontinue access to this content, instead of its
remo val. If the website is hosted on a server located outside the Greek territ ory, the Committee shall request the
internet access pr ovider t o block access t o this content.
7. In the case of non-compliance with the oper ating part of the decision, the Committee shall impose a ne
amounting to ve hundr ed (500) up to a thousand (1000) euros for each day of non-compliance. The s severity of
the infringement and its recurr ence shall be amongst the criteria taken into account. A joint decision of the
Ministers of Finance and Cultur e and Sports shall establish the procedur e for the imposition and recovery of the
ne, the ser vices competent for its collection, as well as any other r elated matter .
8. The commenceme nt of the procedur e befor e the Committee shall not suspend or effect the exercise of claims
for the same dispute befor e the cour ts. Howe ver, if an action has been brought by the same applicant with the
same claim befor e the cour ts, the Committee shall close the case. Furthermo re, the issuance of a decision by the
Committee does not depriv e the parties involved from their right to seek the protection of their legitimate inter ests
befor e the cour ts.”
2.In Article 4 of Law 2225/1994 ( Α΄ 121), following paragraph 1.c, as inser ted by paragraph 2 of Article 11 of Law
4416/2016 ( Α΄ 160), par agraph d is added, as follows:
“d. In addition, condentiality may be waiv ed for the purpose of ascer taining felony copyright and related rights
infringement, as pr ovided for in Law 2121/1993 ( Α΄ 25).”.
 
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Article 53: Transitional pr ovisions (second subpar agraph of Ar ticle 5 (8) of the Dir ectiv e)
1. Collectiv e management organisations  and independent management entities referred to in Article 50, oper ating
with the appr oval of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts upon the entry into force of this Law, in the sense that they
are existing collectiv e management organisations under Law 2121/1993, which fall within one of the above
categories after the entry into force of this Law - shall submit to the HCO their amended statutes within six (6)
months from the entry into force of this Law. More specically , collectiv e management organisations which are to
be conv erted into independent management entities with the featur es referred to in Article 50 shall provide, in
their statutes, for a Gener al Assembly and a Super visor y Boar d in accor dance  with the provisions of this Law. Until
then, it is presumed that collectiv e management and protection organisat ions and independent management6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 53/61entities under Article 50 oper ate legally , their existing appr ovals of oper ation are still in force and all provisions of
Law 2121/1993 and of this Law apply to them. In case of non-compliance after the expir y of the above deadline,
the pr ovisions of Ar ticles 46 and 47 on sanctions shall apply .
2. Independent management entities oper ating within the Greek territ ory upon the entry into force of this Law
shall, with in six (6) months from the entry into force of this Law, notify the information provided for in paragraph 7
of Article 4. Failur e to notify within that period shall entail the imposition of sanctions in accor dance with the
procedur e laid down in Ar ticles 46 and 47.
3. The collectiv e management organisa tion shall inform those rightholders who have already authoriz ed it to
manage their rights, of their rights under paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 12 and Article 14, in accor dance with
paragraph 1 of Article 12 by e-mail or by any other means deemed appr opriate, no later than six (6) months after
the entr y into for ce of this Law .
4. The oblig ations referred to in paragraph 3 and the second subpar agraph of Article 13 (4) respectiv ely shall enter
into for ce as of 15 No vember 2017.
5. The obligations referred to in the third subpar agraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 17 (2), Article 22 (5) and
Article 42 shall be fullled as of 15 No vember 2017.
6. The oblig ation under the second subpar agraph of Article 18 (3) shall apply as of 1 November 2019. As of the
1st of November 2017, the management fees of the collectiv e management organisation shall not exceed, on
average, 25% of its gross rights revenue, with the exception of legal fees for securing the rights of its members as
described in Article 18, and as of the 1st of November 2018, its management fees shall not exceed an average of
22% of its gr oss rights r evenue. The obligation under Ar ticle 18 (5) shall apply as of 1 No vember 2019.
7. Individual statements to the Gener al Assembly of members of the persons managing the business activities of
the collectiv e management organisation and the members of the Super visor y Boar d referred to in Article 31 (2)
and paragraph 3 of Article 10 respectiv ely, shall be submitted within six (6) months from the entry into force of
this Law .
8. The obligations of collectiv e managem ent organisations under Articles 19, 21, 25 and 26 shall be fullled as of
the 30th of No vember 2017.
9. The oblig ation of collectiv e manageme nt organisations to prepar e and publis h the Annual Transpar ency Repor t
shall be fullled in 2018 and shall co ver the y ear of use 2017.
10. Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 22 shall not apply to pending proceedings at the time of the entry into force of
this Law until the issuance of a nal judicial decision ther eon.
11. Articles 49, 54 to 58 of Law 2121/1993, as in force prior to their repeal by article 54 par.1 of this Law, shall
apply to any pending proceedings, at the time of entry into force of this Law, relating to the collectiv e management
obligation under Articles 18, 49 and 56 of L. 2121/1993, until the issuance of a nal judgment on the respectiv e
cases.
12. Any references in L. 2121/1993 as well as in any other provision of the applicable legislation, to the Articles 54
to 58 of L.2121/1993, shall, from the entry into force of this Law, be construe d as references to Articles 1 to 54 of6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
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Article 54: Repealed and amended pr ovisions of Law 2121/1993
1. From the entry into force of this Law, any provision contr ary to this Law shall be repealed, without prejudice to L.
988/1943, which remained into force, under par. 2 of Article 72 of Law 2121/1993. Moreover, without prejudice to
paragraph 12 of Article 53 and paragraph 14 of this Article, Articles 54 to 58 of Law 2121/1993 and paragraph 3
of Ar ticle 72 of L. 2121/1993 ar e repealed.
2. Article 18 of Law 2121/1993 is amended as follows:
Paragraph 3, as replaced by paragraph 1 of Article 14 of L. 3049/2002 (A’ 212) and amended by paragraph 8 of
Article 46 of L. 3905/2010 (A ’ 219) is r eplaced as follows:
"3. If, for the free reproduction of the work for private use, technical mean s are used, such as audio or video
recor ders or audio/video recor ders, magnetic tapes or other material suitable for the reproduction of sound or
images or sound and images, including digital means, in particular CD-RW , CD-R, DVD and other storage media
with a capacity of less than one (1)TByte or equal or more than one (1) TByte-, computers, including tablets and
smar tphones with a random access memor y (RAM) size of more than 4 GB, devices or components, whether or
not computer-aided, used for digital copying, transcription or other wise reproducing, phot ocop ying machines and
paper suitable for phot ocopies, scanners and printers, reasonable remuner ation is due to the creator of the work
and to the holders of related rights under this provision, with the exception of items to be expor ted. The
reasonable r emuner ation shall be determined as follows:
(a)With regard to computers, including those with a random-access memor y (RAM) of more than 4 GB,
remuner ation is set at 2% of their value. The remuner ation shall be distributed to authors, performing artists,
producers of recor ded magnetic tapes  or other material media of sound or image or sound and image and to
publishers of printed forms. The distribution of the reasonable remuner ation rates on computers to the collectiv e
management organisation of each categor y or sub-categor y of rightholders, the means of collection of monies
and pa yment shall be determined in accor dance with par agraph 11.
(b)Remuner ation for audio, video or audio/video recor ding devices, magnetic tapes or other media suitable for the
reproduction of sound or images or sound and images, including digital duplication media other than storage
media with a capacity less than 1 TByte, as well as for devices or components, whether computer-aided or not
and used for digita l copying, transcription or other wise reproducing, is set at 6% of the value. The remuner ation
shall be distributed by 55% to autho rs, by 25% to performing artists and by 20% to producers of recor ded
magnetic tapes or other media of sound or image or sound and image.
(c)To 4% of the value of phot ocopiers, scanners, printers using paper suitable for phot ocop ying, and storage
media with a capacity of less than 1 TByte. The remuner ation shall be distributed half-wa y between the authors
and publishers.
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https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 55/61In any case, the value shall be calculated upon impor t or disposal from the factory. The remuner ation shall be paid
by the impor ters or by the producers of those items, it shall be enter ed on the invoice and shall be collected by
collectiv e managem ent organisations  oper ating with the appr oval of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts and
covering, in whole or in par t, the categor y of rightholders concerned.
Within the framework of this Article, the HCO may, on the basis of an expert study which takes into account
technological developments, the Greek, EU and international mark ets, propose to the Minister of Cultur e and
Spor ts arrangements regar ding technic al means and their char acteristics, the rate of remuner ation on their value,
the categories of rightholders and the r emuner ation r ates per categor y."
B. Paragraph 4, which was added by paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Law 2435/1996 (A’ 189) and amended by
paragraph 2 of Ar ticle 14 of L. 3049/2002 (A ’ 212) is r eplaced as follows:
"(4a) Who ever impo rts or acquir es intra-Community products or produces and offers technical equipment and/or
paper suitable for phot ocopies which , in accor dance with paragraph 3, are subject to payment of reasonable
remuner ation, shall, within thirty (30) days from the end of each calendar quar ter, declar e in writing and on oath,
pursuant t o L. 1599/1986, t o the HCO:
(aa) the quantity and total value of technical means and/or phot ocop ying paper impor ted or acquir ed within the
Community or produced and made available in the immediately preceding calendar quar ter by categor y and type
of technical means; and
(bb) that this is the actual quantity and t otal v alue without any concealment.
(b)Each collectiv e management organisation shall have the right to request at any time from any debt or, by written
notice, t o declar e in writing and on oath, pursuant t o L. 1599/1986, t o the HCO
(aa) the quantity and total value of tech nical means and / or paper suitable for phot ocop ying by categor y and type
of technical means in detail, which, in accor dance with paragraph 3, are subject to payment of reasonable
remuner ation and which, on a case-b y-case basis, it impor ted or acquir ed within the Community or produced and
made a vailable,
(bb) that this is the actual quantity and t otal v alue without any concealment.
Within one (1) month of such notice, the debt or shall be obliged to submit to HCO the above- mentioned
statement signed by him/her in the case of a sole propriet orship, or by his/her  Statut ory representativ e in the case
of a company .
(c)If the debtor fails to submit the above statement within the time limits specied in subpar agraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph or fulls this obligation  in an insucient or incorr ect manner , he shall pay twice the reasonable
remuner ation provided for in paragraph3, in which case paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9 of this Article shall additionally apply .
"
C. Paragraph 6, as amended b y par agraph 33a of Ar ticle 10 of Law 3207/2003 (A ’ 302) is r eplaced as follows:
"6. If the debtor fails  to comply with the obligation to submit the declar ation under paragraph4, the Single-member
Cour t of First Instance, which considers the case following the interim measur es procedur e, shall order the person
who has been summoned for the imme diate submission of the declar ation, in any case of non-compliance, to pay6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 56/61a penalty of three thousand (3,000) to thirty thousand (30,000) euros, to the requesting collectiv e management
organisation. "
3.
(a) In Article 22 of Law 2121/1993, the title of which is amended to "Libr aries and Archives", a second paragraph
is added, which shall enter into force as of 4.3.1993, namely from the entry into force of Law 2121/1993, worded
as follows:
"2. It is permissible, without the authorization of the author and without remuner ation, to publicly borrow works
from the libraries of primar y and secondar y education institutions (school libraries) and from the academic
libraries that ar e members of the Hellenic Academic Libr aries Association. "
b) A Presidential Decr ee issued within one (1) year after the entry into force of this Law, upon proposal of the
Ministers of Interior , Education, Resear ch and Religious Affairs and Cultu re and Spor ts, shall determine the
remuner ation received by rightholders for the public borrowing, the mean s and system of its collection and
distribution, all libraries and entities which fall within the scope of the regulation, with the exception of the libraries
referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 22 of L. 2121/1993, as inser ted by item  a of the preceding paragraph, as a
well as any other relevant details. Until the issuance of the Presidential Decr ee referred to in the preceding
paragraph, public libraries, libraries belonging to legal persons governed by private and public law, super vised by
the State, municipal libraries, libraries of public benet institutions and organisations, educational institutions and
missions in Gr eece, and libr aries of priv ate schools shall pa y no pa y remuner ation for public borr owing.
4. In Article  30 of Law 2121/1993, as this Article was nally replaced by Article 2 of Law 4212/ 2013 (A’ 257) is
replaced as follows:
"1. With respect to collabor ative works , copyright lasts as long as the life of the last surviving author and seventy
(70) years  following his death, calcula ted from the 1st of Januar y of the year following the death of the last
surviving author .
2. The term of protection of musical compositions with lyrics is the same as the one mentioned in paragraph 1,
provided that both contributions, by the composer and the lyricist, have been created specically for the particular
musical composition with lyrics. "
5. In Article  35 of Law 2121/1993, as amended by paragraph. 1 of Article 8 of L. 2557/1997 (A’ 271), paragraphs
5,6,7 and 8 ar e added as follows:
"5. The right of the author to grant or refuse authorization to a cable oper ator for retransmission through cable
may only be exercised through collec tive management organisations. Whe re the author has not entrusted the
management of the right to cable retransmission to a collectiv e management organisation, the collectiv e
management organisation which has been authoriz ed by the Ministr y of Cultur e and Spor ts to manage the rights
of the same categor y may manage the right to cable retransmission. Wher e there is more than one collectiv e
management organisation authoriz ed to manage rights of the same categor y, the author shall be free to choose
among them the collectiv e management organisation which he authoriz es to manage the right of cable
retransmission. The author referred to in this paragraph shall have the same rights and obligations as the6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 57/61rightholders who have entrusted the organisation with the management and may claim these rights within three
(3) y ears fr om the date of the cable r etransmission of the work.
6. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to rights exercised  by a broadcaster in respect of its
own broadcasts, regar dless of whethe r the relevant rights are its own or have been transf erred to it by other
authors or other rightholders.
7. In the case of secondar y synchr onous, uninterrupted and unchanged broadcasting of radio and television
programs via cable or other material means, collectiv e management of the relevant right of the author is
mandat ory.
8. The provisions of paragraphs 5 to 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the management and protection of the
related rights go verned b y the pr ovisions of the eighth chapter of Law 2121/1993. "
6. Article 49 of Law 2121/1993, is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph 1, as amended by paragraph 6 of article 81 of Law 3057/2002  and paragraph 2 of article 46 of Law
3905/2010 (A ’ 219), the four th and fth sub-par agraphs ar e repealed.
b. In the last subpar agraph of paragraph 5, as this paragraph was inser ted by paragraph 6 of Article 81 of Law
3057/2002 (A ’ 239), the r eference t o the four th and fth subpar agraph of Ar ticle 49 (1) is deleted.
c. In par agraph 6, as added b y par agraph 1 of ar ticle 46 of Law 3905/2010 (A ’ 219) is r epealed.
7. In paragraph 4 of Article 65 of Law 2121/1993 the words "from three hundr ed thousand to one million
drachmas" are replaced by the words "eight hundr ed and eighty (880) to two thousand nine hundr ed (2,900)
euros".
8. Article 65A of Law 2121/1993, as this article was added by par. 9 of Article 2 of Law 3524/2007 (A’ 15) and
amended b y par agraphs 6 and 7 of Ar ticle 46 of Law 3905/2010 (A ’ 219) is amended as follows:
a. In the rst subpar agraph of paragraph 2, the words "or related rights" are inser ted after the words "intellectual
proper ty".
b. Paragraph 2A is added as follows:
"2.A. Whoe ver, without any legitimate right and in violation of the provisions of this Law, reproduces phonogr ams
stored on any techn ical storage media, including hard disks, whether embedde d or not on a computer , shall pay an
administr ative ne of one thousand (1,000) eur o.".
9. Article 66 of Law 2121/1993, is amended as follows:
a. In the rst paragraph of paragraph 3, "2 to 10 million drachmas", is amend ed to "six thousand (6,000) to thirty
thousand (30,000) euros" and in the second subpar agraph of the same paragraph, "5 to 20) million drachmas", is
amended t o "fteen thousand (15,000) t o sixty thousand (60,000) eur os".
b. Paragraph 6 is r eplaced b y the following:6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 58/61"By way of exceptio n from the provision of Article 82 (10) (b) of the Penal Code, in the event of conv ersion of the
cust odial sentence, the conv ersion amount is set at ve times the limits of the conv ersion amount provided for
each case in the P enal Code ".
c. In paragraphs 8 and 9, "one to ve million drachmas" is amended to "three thousand (3.000) to fteen thousand
(15.000) eur os".
d. In paragraphs 11 and 12, as added by paragraph 10 of Article 2 of Law 3524/2007 (A’ 15) the words "shall lead
to the deletion of criminal culpability " shall be replaced by "shall result in non-pr osecution and any prosecution
shall be dismissed".
e. Paragraph 11.A. is added as follows:
"11. A. Wher e the offense concerns phonogr ams (musical compositions) stored on any technical storage media
or computer , the unconditional payment of the administr ative ne by the offender under paragraph 2 of Article
65A and under the prescribed conditions shall result in non-pr osecution and the dismissal of any prosecution,
provided that the off ense r elates t o up t o 1,000 musical compositions".
f. In paragraph 13, as added by paragraph 10 of Article 2 of Law 3524/200 7 (A’ 15), and renumber ed under (g)
hereof, the words "and the deletion of criminal culpability " shall be replaced  by "and the non-pr osecution or the
dismissal of criminal pr osecution ".
g. Paragraphs 11, 12, 13 and 14, as added by paragraph 10 of Article 2 of Law 3524/2007 (A’ 15), are renumber ed
to 10, 11, 12 and 13.
10. Paragraph 1 of Article 68A of Law 2121/1993, as this Article was added by paragraph 11 of Article 8 of Law
2557/ 1997 (A ’ 271) and amended b y par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 5 of Law 4212/2013 (A ’ 257), is amended as follows:
a.The rst subpar agraph is r eplaced b y the following:
"The term of protec tion provided for in Articles 29, 30 paragraph 1, 31 and 52 shall apply to all related works and
related rights protected in at least one Member State on 1.7.1995 pursuant to national laws on copyright and
related rights. "
b. Its thir d subpar agraph, as added b y par agraph 1 of Ar ticle 5 of Law 4212/2013 (A ’ 257) is r eplaced as follows:
"The term  of protection provided for in Article 30 (2) shall apply to musical compositions with lyrics provided that
either the musical composition or the lyrics were protected in at least one Member State of the European Union
on 1 November 2013 and to musical compositions with lyrics created after this date, subject to any exploitation
acts carried out befor e 1 No vember 2013 and t o any acquir ed rights of thir d par ties."
11. The second subpar agraph of par . 1 of Ar ticle 69 of Law 2121/1993 is r eplaced as follows:
«"HCO may also organiz e any kind of seminars to educate and inform judges, lawy ers, civil servants, authors,
holders of related rights, educat ors, students on copyright and related rights, and to provide mediation services on
copyright, related rights and collectiv e management issues, as well as time-stamping services, namely by
providing certied dates in relation to works or objects of protection which may be protected by copyright and/or
a related right (time stamping ser vices)".6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 59/6112. Article 71 of Law 2121/1993 is amended as follows:
a. In paragraph 3, which was added by paragraph 12 of Article 8 of Law 2557/1997 (A’ 271), reference to Article 57
(8) and (9), is amended t o reference t o Article 35 (5) t o (8).
b. Paragraph 4, which was added b y par agraph 12 of Ar ticle 8 of Law 2557/1997 is r eplaced as follows:
"Articles 11, 29 (1), 30 (1), 31, 51A, 52c, d, e, f, g and 68A (1) of this Law implement Directiv e 93/98/EEC of the
European Council of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of the right, as well as of copyright and
of cer tain r elated rights. "
c.Paragraph 9, which was added b y Article 9 of Law 4212/2013 (A ’ 257) is r eplaced as follows:
"Articles 30 (2), 52 (c), second subpar agraph, 52 (d), second and third sub-par agraphs, 52 (d), sub-par agraphs aa
to gg, 68A paragraph 1, third to sixth sub-par agraph and Article 68A, paragraph 1 implement Directiv e 2011/77/EU
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directiv e 2006/116/EC on the
term of pr otection of cop yright and cer tain r elated rights. ".
13. Paragraph 9 of Article 72 of Law 2121/1993, which was added by paragraph 14 of Article 46 of Law
3905/2010 (A ’ 219) is r eplaced as follows:
"A Presidential Decr ee, issued upon proposal of the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts, may allow for the codication
of the legislation on copyright, related rights and collectiv e management in its entir ety, for the amendment of the
order and numbering of the provisions , for the merging of similar provisions and, in gener al, for any amendments
necessar y for the administr ative codication of such legislation. "
14. Presidential Decr ee 42/2015 (A’ 71) shall be repealed as of the date of entry into force of this law. This
Presidential Decr ee shall still apply t o pending cases befor e the Administr ative Authorities.
15.
a. Par. 10 of Article  54 of Law 2121/1993, added by Article 15 of Law 4463/2017 (A’ 42) is amended with effect
from 30.3.2017 as follows:
"10. The Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may, after consulting with the HCO , and provided that there is a strong
chance that the collectiv e management organisation is unable to full its obligations, and in particular to collect
and attribute to rightholders the sums it receiv es on their behalf, due to, by way of example, the lack of own funds,
appoint, as a pre-em ptive administr ative measur e, a Tempor ary Commission er, whose term of oce shall be six
(6) months, and which term ma y be r enewed once (1) for up t o thr ee (3) months.
The Tempor ary Commissioner shall ensur e that users receiv e payment and attribute it to rightholders. At the
same time, the tempor ary Commissioner shall, on behalf of the organisation, bring any legal actions and appeals
for defending the inter ests of rightholders which it represents, and shall represent the organisation in both judicial
and extrajudicial procedur es, in order to safeguar d the rights of rightholders, as well as in any dispute arising from
its own decision or action. In order to achie ve these objectiv es, the Tempo rary Commissioner supersedes the
administr ation as of the date of publication of his appointment in the Ocial Go vernment Gaz ette.6/15/23, 12:33 PM Law 4481/2017 - ΟΡΓ ΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ
https://www .opi.gr/en/library/law-4481-2017 60/61At the same time, the Tempor ary Com missioner shall inter vene, in a decisiv e manner , by immediately cancelling
any act or decision not taken by the Commissioner himself in order not to disrupt the oper ation of the
organisation and t o avoid its bankruptcy .
The Boar d of Directors shall keep the Tempor ary Commissioner informed of other management issues, and in the
event that he disag rees with the decision or action which may affect the viability of the organisation or the
inter ests of the rightholders, the Commissioner shall mak e the decision himself.
The Tempor ary Commissioner is selec ted by the Minister for Cultur e and Sports among persons of recogniz ed
prestige and having adequate professional experience in business or organisation management or nancial or
legal matters.
The appointment of a Tempor ary Comm issioner may not be invoked as a reason for amending or terminating any
contr act or agr eement t o which the or ganisation is a par ty.
The management bodies and the emplo yees of the collectiv e management organisation shall be requir ed to
immediately provide the Tempor ary Commissioner with any information or data requested and to facilitate the
performance of his duties.
The Tempor ary Commissioner 's liability , upon the exercise of his duties, shall be limited to malicious intent and
gross negligence.
To assist the Tempor ary Commissioner in his work, the HCO may, upon proposal by the Tempor ary Commissioner ,
conclude service agreements with legal, nancial or technical advisers, as well as with administr ative personnel,
subject t o the appr oval of those persons and their r emuner ation b y the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts.
Permanent emplo yees of Ministries, independent Authorities, as well as of legal entities governed by public and
private law within the Gener al Government, may be seconded to the HCO , in order to assist the Tempor ary
Commissioner in his work. Such secondment shall be carried out by way of derogation from the applicable
provisions, by a joint decision of the Ministers of Cultur e and Spor ts and any competent Minister , as the case may
be. Seconded emplo yees shall receiv e the entir e salar y of their organisation. The above remuner ation shall be
char ged on HCO' s budget.
The duration of service agreements, as well as of any secondment, may not exceed the length of the Tempor ary
Commissioner 's term of oce.
The Tempor ary Commissioner 's remu neration shall be determined, upon recommendation by the HCO , in the
decision on his appointment, and shall be char ged, along with the management fees and the remuner ation of the
persons hir ed to assist in his work, as per abo ve, on the HCO ' s budget.
Concerning compensation for work exceeding the mandat ory working hours of persons assisting the tempor ary
Commissioner , the provisions of item a of subpar agraph 2 of paragraph C of Article 20 of Law 4354/2015 (A’ 176)
shall appl y. Compe nsation for the above – mentioned mandat ory overtime shall be attested by the Tempor ary
Commissioner and shall be char ged on HCO' s budget.
The Commissioner shall submit to the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts a summar y repor t of his activities at the end
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The term of oce of the Tempor ary Commissioner shall expir e upon expiry of the term for which he was
appointed. Other wise, the Minister of Cultur e and Spor ts may, by reasoned decision, revoke the appointment of
the Tempor ary Commissioner for reasons connected with the performance of his duties or the need to reorganiz e
the or ganisation. "
b. Paragraph 10 of Ar ticle 54 of Law 2121/1993, as amended b y this Law , shall no longer apply:
(a) if the appointment of the Tempor ary Commissioner is revoked or termina ted by a decision of the Minister of
Cultur e and Spor ts for any of the r easons set for th in the abo ve provision; or
(b)if a Commissioner is appointed in accor dance with par agraph 2 of ar ticle 52 her eof.
 
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