Results of accreditation of organisations, managing the property rights on a collective basis

On August 4, 2021, was held a meeting of the Commission on accreditation of organisations, managing property rights on a collective basis (CMO). Based on the results, one of the four CMO’s were accredited.

The meeting of the Commission was held in the online mode.

The Commission, composed of representatives of the Ministry of Justice, and the public, represented by, Serik Baiseitov - the Chairman of the the RPA «Kazakhstan Union of Lawyers» and Republican board of legal consultants, Murat Abenov – a public figure, President of the National Chamber of Education and Innovation "Serpin", reviewed the materials (decisions of the general meeting on accreditation, on the amount of remuneration, on the method of distribution and payment of collected remuneration, reviews of authors and copyright holders, etc.) attached to the applications.

The Ministry of Justice, in accordance with paragraph 7 of article 46-2 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On copyright and related rights», article 9 of the Rules of rendering of the state service «Accreditation of the organizations managing property rights on a collective basis», and based on the opinion of the Commission, accredited the PI «Non-commercial organisation on protection of copyright and related rights «Amanat» and denied accreditation of the RPA «The Union of songwriters», RPA «Performers of Kazakh Songs» and RPA «Copyright Society «Abyroy».

The CMO’s were denied accreditation on the grounds of the failure to fulfil the obligations of the CMO’s to the authors and copyright holders.