S.L. 415.1 ст. 3Subject matter and scope.

(1) These regulations lay down the necessary requirements to ensure the proper functioning of the management of copyright and related rights by collective management organisations. It also lays down requirements for multi-territorial licensing by collective management organisations of authors’ rights in musical works for online use.

(2) These regulations apply as follows:

(a) Titles I, II, IV and V with the exception of regulation 41(2) apply to all collective management organisations established in Malta;

(b) Title III and regulation 41(2) apply to collective management organisations established in Malta managing authors’ rights in musical works for online use on a multi-territorial basis;

(c) the relevant provisions of these regulations apply to entities directly or indirectly owned or controlled, wholly or in part, by a collective management organisation, provided that such entities carry out an activity which, if carried out by the collective management organisation, would be subject to the provisions of these regulations;

(d) regulation 20(1), regulations 26. and 38, paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (g) of regulation 29(1) and regulation 43 apply to all independent management entities established in Malta.