6 Amendments of Tiziano MOTTI related to 2012/0180(COD)
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Rightholders shall have the right to terminate the authorisation to manage rights, categories of rights or types of works and other subject matter granted to a collecting society or to withdraw from a collecting society any of the rights or categories of rights or types of works and other subject matter of their choice, for the Member States of their choice, upon serving reasonable notice not exceeding six months. The collecting society may decide that such termination or withdrawal will take effect only at the middle andor at the end of the financial year, whichever is sooner after the expiry of the notice period.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. Every member of a collecting society shall have the right to appoint any other natural or legal person as a proxy holder to attend and vote at the general meeting in his namewho is a member or a shareholder as the case may be of the collecting society as a proxy holder to attend and vote at the general meeting in his name. Member States may limit the number of mandates given to another member or shareholder.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Where the amounts due to rightholders cannot be distributed, after five years from the end of the financial year in which the collection of the rights revenue occurred, and provided that the collecting society has taken all necessary measures to identify and locate the rightholders, the collecting society shall decide on the use of the amounts concerned in accordance with Article 7(5)(b), without prejudice to the right of the rightholder to claim such amounts from the collecting societyprovided that the collecting society ensures that the revenue is distributed in proportion to the revenues received by rightholders for the relevant financial year. Collecting societies may distribute amounts due to rightholders who cannot be identified before expiration of the five years period if allowed under national law. Where, under national law, the prescription period is longer than five years, collecting societies shall make adequate provisions for future claims.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Information provided to rightholders on the management of their rights on request
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that a collecting society makes available at least once a year, subject to applicable rules on data protection, by electronic means, the following information to each rightholder it represents:
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a collecting society makes the following information available at the request of any rightholder whose rights it represents, any collecting society on whose behalf it manages rights under a representation agreement or any user who has a real and direct commercial interest in the information requested, by electronic means, without undue delay: