FRENCH MINISTER MACRON AND PELLERIN RECONSTITUTE THE COMMITTEE PRIVATE COPY

USPA NEWS - The order of appointment of the manufacturers and importers College, co-signed by Emmanuel Macron, Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital and Fleur Pellerin, Minister of Culture and Communication, was published in the official 29 August 2015. this decree, the commission for private copying.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE L 311-5------------------------------------------------------------ According to this decree, the commission for private copying - provided for in Article L. 311-5 of the code of intellectual property - is restored. Five professional organisations incontestable representative (AFINUM, FEVAD, SECIMI, AFIB and FFT) were named to renew the college of representatives of manufacturers and importers of materials and equipment subject to the private copying remuneration. After the decision of November 19, 2014 by which the Council of State has validated the decision No. 15 of December 14, 2012 of the commission, the appointment can resume work with all members after a gap of three years. Commending the positive sign and good will of all stakeholders, Emmanuel Macron and Fleur Pellerin reaffirm their commitment to the roadmap outlined by Christine Maugue in its report on the functioning of the commission for private copying it handed to the Minister on July 2. It is this roadmap, laying the foundation of a shared consensus, allowed to reconstitute a commission that will fit into this new spirit. Emmanuel Macron and Fleur Pellerin will also be very careful that this work be conducted in light of the findings of the mission led by information Marcel Rogemont adopted last July by the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education of the Assembly National. The two ministers finally like to acknowledge the work that has been done by the State Councillor, Raphaël Hadas-Lebel, whose term as president of the commission has just ended after a period of 3 years. John Musitelli, State Councillor and editor of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity in 2005,is the one who will be named shortly.