LAW: 3905/2010  
 
OFFICIAL GAZETTE: A 219/23.12.2010  
 
TITLE: REINFORCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF FILM ART AND OTHER PROVISIONS  
 
 
ARTICLE 46: PROVISIONS ON COPYRIGHT ISSUES  
 
1. Article 49 of Law 2121/1993 added pa ragraphs 6 and 7 as follows:  
 
"6. Collecting societies of  related rights operating with the approval of the Minister of Culture 
and Tourism may establish a single collecting soci ety for the collection of the single equitable 
remuneration as referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article. Collecting societies 
operating with the approval of the Minister of Culture exclusively assign to the single 
collecting society the power to negotiate, agree th e level of pay, raise the relevant claims for 
payment, raise a court action or any extra-judic ial action and collect  relevant fees from 
users. During its operation the single collect ing society of related rights has the sole 
responsibility to negotiate, agree the level of pa y, raise the relevant claims for payment, raise 
a court action or any extra-judicial action and collect relevant fees from users. 
In case of disagreement between the single co llecting society and the users, the amount of 
equitable remuneration payable and the terms of payment are determined by a single 
member court in the proceedings for interim re lief. At the request of the single collecting 
society, the competent court issues its final judgement on the remuneration.  
For the single collecting society of related righ ts to be granted approval and any other matter 
pertaining to collective management, the pro visions of Articles 54 to 58 of Law 2121/1993 
apply.  
 
7. Pending litigation during the time that the si ngle collecting society is  being established is 
pursued by the original parties until it is irrevocably resolved. "  
 
2. At the end of the one-before-last senten ce of paragraph 1 Article 49 of Law 2121/1993 a 
new phrase is added as follows: “at the request of collecting societies”.  
 
3. After the first sentence of paragraph 2 Article 55 of Law 2121/1993 two new sentences are 
added as follows:  
 
"Where a collecting society operating with the approval of the Minister of Culture and 
 1Tourism exercises the right to a single equita ble remuneration as described in paragraph 1 
Article 49 of this Law it shall be presumed th at such collecting society represents without 
exception all  beneficiaries, both national and foreign, and all their works. In such a case, the 
same shall be presumed where, for each catego ry of beneficiaries there are more collecting 
societies, given that the rights are exercised by the competent collecting societies 
altogether."  
 
4. At the end of paragraph 4 Article 55 of Law 2121/1993 a new sentence is added as 
follows: "This provision does not apply in the case of co mpulsory collective management as 
described in paragraph 1Article 49 of this Law."  
 
5. In paragraph 2 Article 63 of Law 2121/1993, the terms "police permit" are replaced by the 
terms "city permit." 
  
6. At the end of paragraph 2 Article 65A of Law 2121/1993 a new paragraph is added as 
follows: "The same applies to the reproduction and distribution of physical carriers of sound 
in shops."  
 
7. In paragraph 4 Article 65A of Law 2121 / 1993 after the term "police" the term "port" is added.  
 
8. In the first sentence of paragraph 3 Article 18 of Law 2121/1993, the term "namely" is 
replaced by the word "as".  
 
9. At the end of  article 69 of Law 2121/ 1993 a new paragraph is  added as follows:  
"6. The Rules of Construction Contracts, Desi gn, Supply and Service to the Hellenic Copyright 
Organization is established by a decision of the Hellenic Copyright Organisation’s Board of 
Members."  
 
10. In article 3 of Presidential Decree 311/1994, the second sentence of paragraph 8(c) is 
replaced by: "The staff remuneration is determined in accordance with provisions applicable 
to civil servants."  
 
11. In Article 3 of Presidential Decree 311/1994 a new paragraph is added as follows:  
"10. The compensation of the Hellenic Copy right Organization’s Board of Members is 
arranged by joint decision of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Culture and Tourism. 
The relevant expense is covered by the budget of the Hellenic Copyright Organization. "  
 
12. In Article 5 of Presidential Decree 311/1994 a new paragraph is added as follows:  
 2"3. The remuneration of the Director of the Helle nic Copyright Organization is arranged jointly 
by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Culture and Tourism. The relevant expense is 
covered by the budget of the Hellenic Copyright Organization. "  
 
13. In paragraph 1Article 12 of Presidential Decree 311/1994 ( ζ) is replaced by:  
"ζ. Two (2) posts of University Degree or Te chnological Educational Institute personnel 
specializing in Information Technology or a related specialty; For such a placement the 
required qualifications are specified by the pr ovisions applicable to civil servants. "  
 
14. In Article 72 of Law 2121/1993 a ne w paragraph is added as follows:  
"9. By means of a Presidential Decree issued upon proposal of the Minister of Culture and 
Tourism, the legislation on copyright and related rights may be coded, as far as 
administration is concerned, in full, the sequence and numbering of provisions may be 
altered, similar provisions may be merged and,  in general, any modification necessary for the 
administrative encoding of such legislation may be applied. "  
 
15. The last sentence of paragraph 3a Article 1 of Law 2557/1997 (Official Gazette 271 A) is 
amended as follows: "For the purposes of this  paragraph a CD-ROM, a DVD ROM, any type of 
digital Text (file) that reproduces the contents of a book and an electronic book (e-book) is 
considered as a book. 
  
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