recognize the establishment of CMO within five days after the receipt of the completed
application.
The recognition of CMO is valid for five years and shall be renewed every two years.
Article 9
CMO must set the condition for membership entry as following:
Authors, composers, right holders and related right holders shall be Cambodian citizen
and expat who resides or have office in the Kingdom of Cambodia, who has work disposited
in the CMO.
Article 10
The funding sources of the CMO are:
- Funding from the collection of royalty for the consumption of work.
- Funding from generous donors, development partners or the government and
- Other legitimate funding sources.
CMO uses its fund to spend on the organization and functioning or to spend on other
operations of the association in accordance with its statute.
Article 11
The Natural Person, Legal Entity or Juridical Person who intends to use any work of
the CMO must seek permission from that organization. The CMO must grant permission for
the use of work if the user agrees to pay royalty in accordance with the price rate and
condition of the organization. The permission must be contracted which mentions the type of
work, number of work, location and period of work consumption. The consumer must inform
in writing to the association if he/she wants to change something that is not written in the
contract.
Article 12
In any conflict between the CMO and its member or user, each party has the rights to
request for help from the Ministry Culture and Fine Arts to collaborate before bringing that
case to the court.
Article 13
CMO must send quarterly and annual report to the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
to be evaluated about integrity and transparency of the organization.
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has the duty to inspect all activities of the CMO
to ensure accuracy of association’s operation, duty and obligation under the copyright and
related rights law, organization’s statute and legal standards in case the irregularity occurs.
Article 14
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts may annul the recognition or temporarily
suspend the functioning of the CMO in case irregularity occurs in the organization or in case
the organization implements its work contradicted to the regulation.
The re-functioning of the CMO can be made unless the investigation of the irregularity
by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts completed and the organization is granted new
permission from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts.
The CMO may interrupt its activity by sending a request to the Ministry of Culture
and Fine Arts for review and approval.
The decision of the Minister of Culture and Fine Arts is an objective for the lawsuit at
the court.