Notifying Member

Burkina Faso

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Décret N°2023-1274/PRES-TRANS/PM/MCCAT/MEFP portant perception des droits d'exploitation d'œuvres littéraires et artistiques (Decree No. 2023-1274/PRES-TRANS/PM/MCCAT/MEFP on the collection of royalties for literary and artistic works)

Subject matter

Copyright and related rights

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]    Other law or regulation

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/BFA/25_04491_00_f.pdf

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]    Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]_    Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

The Decree sets out the terms and conditions for the collection of royalties for copyright, related rights and expressions of national heritage, and establishes the procedures and penalties applicable in that regard. It defines the scope of, and general rules for, the pricing of royalties for copyright and the actual rates for literary, audiovisual, dramatic, dramatic-musical, choreographic and musical works and traditional cultural expressions, and for works of art. It also establishes the rate of remuneration for fixed sound and audiovisual performances.

Language(s) of notified legal text

French

Entry into force

5 October 2023; The date of entry in force is the date on which the Decree was signed.

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

4 July 2025

Other information

Agency or authority responsible

Ministère de la Communication, de la Culture, des Arts et du Tourisme (Ministry of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism)

BP 7045 Ouagadougou 03

Email:              secretariat-sg@communication-culture.gov.bf

Telephone:               (+226) 25 41 77 50