Confirmed by Council of Authors of ARMAUTHOR No2

From 18.01.2011

Deductions from royalties

The payment of royalties collected in the territory of the Republic of Armenia for use of works of grand rights (play, opera, ballet) are carried out on monthly basis.

The payment of royalties collected in the territory of the Republic of Armenia for use of musical works (concerts, broadcast, cable transmission/retransmission, use in restaurants, discotheques, etc.) are carried out on quarterly basis.

The payment of royalties collected in foreign territories are carried out once or twice per year in AMD.

Payment of royalties that had been put aside and then credited to the rightholder (royalty recipient) following subsequent identification and/or registration of works in the ARMAUTHOR DB, shall be made together with the scheduled royalty payment.

The size of affiliation fees to be deducted from the royalties to cover the costs of collection, distribution and payment of royalties shall be as follows:

1. For public performance, broadcast into the air or via cable, included retransmission, in case of their reproduction in any material form, among them in audio and visual form, including on an electronic career, as well for the use in digital environment of published musical works (with or without text), extracts from dramatic and dramatic-musical works – 15%
2. For royalties collected in the foreign territories by sister Societies – shall be identified under mutual representation contracts with ARMAUTHOR
3. For legal consultation the amount deducted from royalties - 15%.