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Notification of cooperation agreements (Case COMP/C-2/38.377 — BIEM Barcelona Agreements) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, Internet, cooperation agreement, copyright, music, trade licence

C 132/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

4.6.2002

Notification of cooperation agreements

(Case COMP/C-2/38.377 — BIEM Barcelona Agreements)

(2002/C 132/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 28 February 2002 the Commission received a notification pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of
Council Regulation No 17 of a standard bilateral agreement intended to be entered into between the
member collecting societies of the ‘Bureau international des sociétés gérant les droits d'enregistrement et de
reproduction mécanique (BIEM)’.

2.
The notification concerns a standard bilateral agreement which amends the existing bilateral
reciprocal representation agreements between collecting societies in order to allow for the licensing of
mechanical reproduction rights for exploitation of the muscial compositions in their repertoire by elec-
tronic means, including the Internet. The agreement authorises each party to grant non-exclusive licences
for the online mechanical reproduction of the repertoire of the other party on a worldwide basis. Such
exploitation covers webcasting and on-demand transmission of music by acts of streaming or down-
loading.

3.

As a rule, the licences will be granted:

(a) by the society operating in the country corresponding to the URL (uniform resource locator) used by
the content provider, where the primary language used at the site of the content provider is the
primary language of that country; or otherwise

(b) by the society operating in the country where the content provider is incorporated.

If the content provider has its economic residence in a different country from the countries set forth
above, the licence will be granted by the society operating in that country.

4.
The notified agreement in this case mirrors for mechanical rights the agreement notified in case
COMP/C-2/38.126 — BUMA, GEMA, PRS, SACEM, which concerns public performance rights and in
respect of which the Commission published a notice inviting third parties to submit observations (1).

Upon preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified cooperation agreement could

5.
fall within the scope of Regulation No 17.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit any observations they may have on the

6.
proposed operation.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than three weeks following the date of this
7.
publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by e-mail (Miguel.Mendes-Pereira@cec.eu.int),
by fax (No (32-2) 295 01 28) or by post under reference COMP/C-2/38.377 — BIEM Barcelona
Agreements to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Antitrust Registry,
Office J-70 0/18,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ C 145, 17.5.2001, p. 2.
Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, air transport, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, transport licence, transport regulations

4.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 132/5

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers (2)

(2002/C 132/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

IRELAND

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Gaelic Helicopters Limited

Galway Aviation Services Ltd
T/A Aer Arann Islands

Dromahane, Mallow
County Cork

Aerofort Chonamara
Caisleán
Inverin
County Galway

Passengers, mail, cargo

26.11.2001

Passengers, mail, cargo

6.11.2001

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31 March 2002.

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licences pursuant to
Article 13(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 (1) on licensing of air carriers (2)

(2002/C 132/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences granted

Category A: Operating licences without the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92

Name of air carrier

Address of air carrier

Permitted to carry

Decision effective
since

Rheintalflug Vorarlberger Luftfahrt GmbH

Bahnhofstraße 10
A-6900 Bregenz

Passengers, mail, cargo

25.10.2001

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.
(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31 March 2002.