
Pursuant to Article 23(2) of Law 4481/2017: Collective management organisations, by decision of their Board of Directors, must draw up a list of the royalties they require from users (the royalty schedule). This schedule, as well as any amendments to it, shall be made public by posting on their website. The schedule shall be promptly communicated to the Hellenic Copyright Organisation (HCO), so that it may also be posted on the latter’s website in a machine‑readable format, in a dedicated location, and, where possible, made accessible through application programming interfaces (APIs). These posts shall constitute a condition for the validity of the royalty schedule. In preparing and implementing their royalty schedules, collective management organisations must apply objective criteria, act without arbitrariness, and refrain from engaging in abusive discrimination.
The organisation’s royalty schedules are as follows:
Press Licensing:
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction, presentation and distribution of press clippings by press clipping companies and their subscribers
- Royalty schedule for the granting of license for the reproduction, presentation and distribution of press clippings by institutions and companies of the core and wider public sector
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for online use of press publications by news aggregator service providers operating in the Greek market
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for online use of press publications by very large information society platforms operating in the Greek market
Business licensing:
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works (excluding those published in the press) by enterprises in the banking and pharmaceutical sectors, auditing firms and companies providing related services, as well as law offices, notary’s offices, and law and notarial firms
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works, photographs and visual artworks in copy shops
Education:
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works, photographs and visual artworks by higher education institutions providing distance-learning courses in return for the payment of tuition fees
- Royalty schedule of fair remuneration under Article 21 of Law 2121/93 for public higher education institutions
- Royalty schedule of fair remuneration under Article 21 of Law 2121/93 for public primary and secondary schools
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works by private primary and secondary schools
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works by university tutorial centres and preparatory institutes for candidates sitting examinations organised by public authorities
- Royalty schedule for the granting of licence for the reproduction of literary works, photographs and visual artworks by tutorial centres (for secondary education, foreign languages, computer learning, etc.)
Libraries:
- Royalty schedule of fair remuneration for public lending under Article 5A (6) of Law 2121/93 from libraries of welfare foundations, organisations and cultural foundations that are not regularly funded by the State or local and regional authorities
- Royalty schedule for the reprography of literary works, photographs and visual artworks carried out in the public and municipal libraries of the country
- Royalty schedule for the reprography of literary works carried out in the libraries of the national bar associations



