# The Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016, Regulation 6: Collective management organisations and their members


A collective management organisation must—
(a) ensure that its statute provides for appropriate and effective mechanisms for the participation of its members in the decision-making process of that organisation;
(b) ensure that the representation of the different categories of members in the decision-making process is fair and balanced;
(c) allow—
(i) its members, and
(ii) right holders who are not members but who have a direct legal relationship with it by law or by way of assignment, licence or other contractual arrangement,
to communicate with it by electronic means including, in the case of its members, for the purposes of exercising members' rights; and
(d) keep records of its members and regularly update those records.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/221/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/collective-management-of-copyright-eu-directive-regulations-2016/regulation-6
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