Article 56. Organizations managing property rights on a collective basis

Authors of works of science, literature and art, performers, producers of phonograms or other rightholders shall have the right to establish organizations for the collective administration of their property rights for the practical exercise of their property rights.

Organizations managing property rights on a collective basis are non-profit organizations and act on the basis of their statutes.

The statutes of organizations managing property rights on a collective basis shall contain provisions that meet the requirements of this Law.

Restrictions envisaged by the legislation on competition shall not apply to the activities of organizations managing property rights on a collective basis.

Creation of separate organizations for different rights and different categories of rightholders or organizations managing different rights for the benefit of one category of rightholders or organizations managing one type of rights for the benefit of different categories of rightholders is allowed.

The conditions and procedure for state registration of organizations managing property rights on a collective basis shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.