República Checa

the amount of lump-sum remuneration

The Ministry of Culture, pursuant to the Article 25(7) of Act No. 121/2000 Collection of Laws (hereinafter referred to as “Coll.”), governing the Copyright, the rights related to the Copyright and amending certain Acts (the Copyright Act), as amended by Act No. 216/2006 Coll., stipulates as follows:

Types of devices for making print reproductions and amount of lump-sum remuneration

Article 1

(1) The remuneration paid for inkjet printers capable of making printed reproductions from other than a printed base shall be, in case of printers sold for average prices (exclusive of VAT), as follows:

a) up to CZK 2,000 (inclusive) CZK 45; b) from CZK 2,000 to CZK 6,000 CZK 120; c) from CZK 6,000 to CZK 10,000 CZK 240; d) from CZK 10,000 to CZK 20,000 CZK 450; e) in excess of CZK 20,000 CZK 900;

(2) The remuneration paid for other than inkjet printers capable of making printed reproductions from other than a printed base shall be, in case of printers sold for average prices (exclusive of VAT), as follows:

a) up to CZK 5,000 (inclusive) CZK 120; b) from CZK 5,000 to CZK 10,000 CZK 225; c) from CZK 10,000 to CZK 20,000 CZK 450; d) from CZK 20,000 to CZK 40,000 CZK 900; e) from CZK 40,000 to CZK 70,000 CZK 1,650; f) from CZK 70,000 to CZK 100,000 CZK 2,560; g) from CZK 100,000 to CZK 150,000 CZK 3,570; h) from CZK 150,000 to CZK 200,000 CZK 5,250; i) in excess of CZK 200,000 CZK 6,750.

Article 2

The remuneration paid for copiers incapable of making any other than printed reproductions from a printed base shall be, in case of copiers sold for average prices (exclusive of VAT), as follows:

a) up to CZK 2,500 (inclusive) CZK 120; b) from CZK 2,500 to CZK 5,000 CZK 240; c) from CZK 5,000 to CZK 10,000 CZK 450; d) from CZK 10,000 to CZK 20,000 CZK 900; e) from CZK 20,000 to CZK 40,000 CZK 1,800; f) from CZK 40,000 to CZK 70,000 CZK 3,300; g) from CZK 70,000 to CZK 100,000 CZK 5,100; Article 3

In case of multifunctional devices capable of making printed reproductions in both ways as described in Article 1 and in Article 2, the remuneration paid for copiers described in Article 2 shall apply.

Types of blank record carriers and amount of lump-sum remuneration

Article 4

(1)

The remuneration paid for blank analogue sound recording carriers shall be, in case of the following carriers, as follows:

a) recording time up to 60 minutes CZK 1.50; b) recording time in excess of 60 minutes CZK 2.

(2)

The remuneration paid for blank analogue audiovisual recording carriers shall be, in case of the following carriers, as follows:

a) recording time up to 180 minutes CZK 3; b) recording time in excess of 180 minutes CZK 4.

Article 5

(1)

The remuneration paid for the following types of blank optical carriers shall be as follows:

a) CD of all formats, non-rewritable CZK 0.40; b) CD of all formats, rewritable CZK 2; c) DVD of all formats, non-rewritable CZK 1; d) DVD of all formats, rewritable CZK 5; e) mini-disks CZK 4.

(2)

The remuneration paid for not embeddable data medium and data medium embedded or embeddable in a device, unless the remuneration for such data medium has been included in the remuneration paid for the device pursuant to Article 6, shall amount to CZK 6 per each, even incomplete, 512 MB of its capacity.

(3)

The remuneration paid for hard disks not embeddable in personal computers shall amount to CZK 10 per each, even incomplete, 40 GB of its capacity.

Article 6

Types of devices for making reproductions of recordings

(1) Devices for making reproductions of recordings shall be:

a) devices for making reproductions of recordings using a magnetic tape;

b) devices for recording of data on optical carriers and memory cards not embeddable in personal computers;

c) devices for recording of data on optical carriers embeddable in personal computers;

d) devices for recording of data on optical carriers embedded in personal computers, unless the remuneration is paid pursuant to Article 6(1)(c);

e) devices for making reproductions on an embedded hard disk or memory card;

f) hard disks embeddable in personal computers;

g) hard disks embedded in personal computers, unless the remuneration is paid pursuant to Article 6(1)(f);

h) radio and television sets capable of recording their broadcasts.

(2) The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to mobile telephones.

Article 7

All rates applicable to the remuneration according to this decree are stipulated exclusive of VAT.

Article 8

Effect

This decree shall come into effect on the day of its publication in the Collection of Laws.

Minister of Culture:

Mgr. Štěpánek