Press Release: Antitrust: Commission market tests commitments from CISAC and 18 EEA collecting societies concerning reciprocal representation contracts

The European Commission has invited comments from interested parties on commitments proposed by CISAC and 18 collecting societies, designed to meet the concerns raised in the Commission's Statement of Objections of January 2006 (see MEMO/06/63). The concerns are that certain clauses of the CISAC model contract and its implementation at bilateral level by CISAC members in the European Economic Area (EEA) contain anti competitive elements. If the results of the market test were positive, the Commission would adopt a decision under Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003, rendering the commitments legally binding.