Since October 2016 when the Copyright Law ("New Copyright
Law") entered into, three important pieces of secondary
legislation were enacted in early 2017: Council of Ministers'
Decision No.33, "On the approval of the tariffs applicable to
the services offered by the Copyright Directorate" ("CMD
No.33"), Council of Ministers' Decision No.34, "On
the procedures of registration, organization and classification of
the copyrighted works" ("CMD No.34") and Council of
Ministers' Decision No.35, "On the functioning,
organization and compensation of the National Council of Copyright
(NCC)" ("CMD No.35").
- CMD No.33 establishes the new
official tariffs for the services provided by the Copyright
Directorate (formerly Copyright Office), mainly copyright
registration services, payable by the individuals and legal
entities seeking for protection of their works. The Copyright
Directorate will also deal with the licensing/relicensing
applications of the collective management
