S.L. 415.1 Art. 14Obligations of the persons who manage the business of the collective management organisation.

(1) A collective management organisation shall take all necessary measures so that the persons who manage its business do so in a sound, prudent and appropriate manner, using sound administrative and accounting procedures and internal control mechanisms.

(2) (a) A collective management organisation shall put in place and apply procedures to avoid conflicts of interest, and where such conflicts cannot be avoided, to identify, manage, monitor and disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest in such a way as to prevent them from adversely affecting the collective interests of the rightholders whom the organisation represents.

(b) The procedures referred to in the paragraph (a) shall include an annual individual statement by each of the persons referred to in sub-regulation (1) to the general assembly of members, containing the following information:

(i) any interests in the collective management organisation;

(ii) any remuneration received in the preceding financial year from the collective management organisation, including in the form of pension schemes, benefits in kind and other types of benefits;

(iii) any amounts received in the preceding financial year as a rightholder from the collective management organisation;

(iv) a declaration concerning any actual or potential conflict between any personal interests and those of the collective management organisation or between any obligations owed to the collective management organisation and any duty owed to any other natural or legal person. Chapter 2

Management of Rights Revenue