GEMA membership application for music publishers

This is what a GEMA membership costs for publishers

€100 each year
As a publisher, you pay an admission fee of €214,10 (incl. VAT, net €180.00). Your annual membership fee amounts to €100.
The first edition name is free of charge, from the second onwards, €100 (plus VAT) are due per registration.

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Join 80,000 satisfied members whose creativity is valued and fairly compensated. Provided you meet all necessary criteria, you will receive your Deed of Assignment from us. Once you have signed the agreement, you become a GEMA member.

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Salutation

Title

First name

Last name

Phone/mobile

E-mail

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AMPM

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Information about the music publisher

Does another organisation or society already deal with your music rights?

e.g. AKM, SUISA, SACEM, PRS, ASCAP

NoYes

Name of the collective management organisation

Complete publisher name

Publisher name continued

Date of foundation

Legal form of the company

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P.O. Box

Post code

Town/City

Country

Registered office

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Number

Post code

Town/City

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Area code

Telephone

Area code

Mobile

E-mail

Details of the owner/ managing director/ associate/shareholder

Account information and tax details

Account information for the payment of your credit items

Bank account

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Name (Account holder)

IBAN

Account number

BIC

ABA routing number

Bank name

Country

Name * (real name/publisher name/company)

First name

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Number

Post code

Town/City

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poss. membership number

Tax residence of the publisher

Are you liable to pay VAT?

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Please enter either your VAT ID or tax number.

VAT ID

Please enter your VAT ID (DEXX XXXX XXX) and take care not to provide your personal ID number (TIN).

VAT ID

Tax number

Please enter your tax number and take care not to provide your personal ID number (TIN).

Tax number (Part 1)

Tax number (Part 2)

Tax number (Part 3)

Tax rate

General tax rate % of revenue

Reduced tax rate % of revenue

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Please add the following documents to the membership application:

Publishing agreement
A copy of a valid publishing agreement where the participation of the publisher in the pay-outs of GEMA is agreed pursuant to the provisions of the GEMA distribution plan.

File size: max. 5MB | Valid formats: ZIP, PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF | Delete all files

The membership fee of €100,– per year plus a one-off admission fee of €180,– excl. VAT must be paid upon conclusion of the contract. The following membership fees are offset against your royalties at the end of each year.

I agree that GEMA may pass on my contact details (name, address, e-mail, telephone number) to other members, collecting societies or collective management organisations, users, producers or music associations for the purpose of making contact and mediation mediating (e.g. in case of enquiries regarding arrangements, musical settings or productions). Consent can be revoked at any time and without reason for the future (Art. 7 para. 3 DS-GVO). The revocation can be declared to GEMA by post, e-mail, fax or telephone.

I herewith confirm that I have taken note of the contents of the data protection declaration.

I hereby confirm that I have taken note of the contents of the General Information on the Application for Music Publisher Membership.

By sending the application I confirm the correctness and completeness of my details.

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This is what a GEMA membership costs for publishers

€100 each year

Complete your membership application now!

How can we help you?

This is what a GEMA member­ship costs for publishers

€100 each year

Complete your membership application now!

How can we help you?

This is what a GEMA membership costs for publishers