Application:
Author's own productions

Tariff PI


What qualifies as an author’s own production?

  • Own productions are productions that only contain compositions by the author(s) or the band financing the production.
     
  • All rightholders must be members of SUISA, or not be members of any collecting society at all.
     
  • The order to produce the recording must be given by the author(s) themselves, for the author’s own account, or for the band of which the author is a member.
     
  • Each musical work must be listed on the declaration form with its complete title, and the names and surnames of all the authors (no pseudonyms).
     
  • All participating SUISA members must sign the declaration form before it is sent in to SUISA.

 

What does not qualify as an own production?

  1. A production financed by an association, foundation, collective, or a company (simple partnership, cooperative society, ltd., plc., etc.)
     
  2. A production containing a musical work arranged by somebody other than the author or a current member of the band (external arranger SUISA member).
     
  3. A production containing a musical work by a person who was no longer a band member when the recording is produced (former member of the group SUISA member).
     
  4. A production containing a published musical work (publisher SUISA member).
     
  5. A production containing a work that has not yet been registered with SUISA (www.suisa.ch/my-account)
     
  6. If any signatures of the SUISA members are missing on the declaration form.
     
  7. If only the pseudonyms of SUISA members are indicated on the declaration form.

SUISA reserves the right to undertake all necessary verifications. Moreover, if SUISA determines that the production is not an own production, within the meaning of the above definition, or if any of the criteria in points 1 to 7 apply, the relevant fees will be automatically invoiced. Such fees will be calculated on the basis of the information provided on the declaration form of Tariff PI.

Applications must reach SUISA at least 10 days prior to the music data carrier being manufactured. SUISA generally does not collect licence fees in such cases.

Please print the form once you have filled it in completely, and have it signed by all authors (SUISA members) before you send it to us by post or via e-mail.


Customer address (Principal)
Declaration of the music data carrier

CD

Information on the data carrier

Manufacture

Distribution and Price

If the CD is sold in various countries, please use a new section for each country of sale.



Used works/tracks

Please click on the symbol + (on the right-hand side below) if you wish to record more than one work.

Work/Track

Bitte geben Sie bei Komponist/In, Textautor/In und Bearbeiter/in jeweils den Vor- und Nachnamen ein (keine Pseudonyme).

VINYL

Information on the data carrier

Manufacture

Distribution and Price

If the vinyl is sold in various countries, please use a new section for each country of sale.



Used works/tracks

Please click on the symbol + (on the right-hand side below) if you wish to record more than one work.

Work/Track

Bitte geben Sie bei Komponist/In, Textautor/In und Bearbeiter/in jeweils den Vor- und Nachnamen ein (keine Pseudonyme).

DVD

Information on the data carrier

Manufacture

Distribution and Price

If the DVD is sold in various countries, please use a new section for each country of sale.



Used works/tracks

Please click on the symbol + (on the right-hand side below) if you wish to record more than one work.

Work/Track

Bitte geben Sie bei Komponist/In, Textautor/In und Bearbeiter/in jeweils den Vor- und Nachnamen ein (keine Pseudonyme).

OTHER MUSIC DATA CARRIER

Information on the data carrier

Manufacture

Distribution and Price

If the music data carrier is sold in various countries, please use a new section for each country of sale.



Used works/tracks

Please click on the symbol + (on the right-hand side below) if you wish to record more than one work.

Work/Track

Bitte geben Sie bei Komponist/In, Textautor/In und Bearbeiter/in jeweils den Vor- und Nachnamen ein (keine Pseudonyme).

Production funding

The undersigned confirm that it was them exclusively who financed the production(s) mentioned above and that they sell it on their own behalves. They agree that SUISA will not collect and pay out authors remuneration for these pressing runs, contrary to the provisions of the Rights Administration Agreement. If any publishers or other authors are involved in the recorded works, SUISA shall issue an invoice for the licence fees for these works.


Renunciation on blank media levies

By signing this form, you also renounce on a share of your income arising from blank media levies. The supplement varies year on year. It depends from the annual collections arising from tariff PI and the common tariffs 4. It is usually between 50% and 70%.


Authors' signatures

Please indicate all SUISA members involved in the production and the works. All persons listed in this form must sign it.

Author

SUISA facsimile (logo)

Contact for queries

Please let us know who your contact is in case we have any queries regarding this application.


Message
Confirmation of your details

Do you need any help completing this form?

+41 44 485 66 66

Reproduction right (tariff PI - Single transactions)

Do you need any help completing this form?

Do you need any help completing this form?

+41 44 485 66 66

Reproduction right (tariff PI - Single transactions)