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Jurisdiction variants on transparency reports

Last verified 27 May 2026


The producer's Transparency reports — Article 19 / S.I. 567/2021 obligation derives from EU Directive 2019/790, but each EU member state transposed it into national law separately. The legal citation that appears on a transparency report is driven by the recipient's country of residence, not the producer's.

The seven currently-covered jurisdictions

Recipient residencyLegal basis citedArticle 20 adjustment route
IrelandS.I. 567/2021, Reg. 19CAMA — Contract Adjustment Mechanism (Contract Adjustment Mechanism)
United KingdomContract terms (UK didn't transpose post-Brexit; EU-territory exploitation pulls the local state's law in)Contract-based
GermanyUrhG §32dUrhG §32a (bestseller paragraph)
FranceCPI L131-5-1CPI L131-5 (best-seller adjustment)
NetherlandsAuteurswet 25caAuteurswet 25c
SpainNational IP law transpositionNational adjustment right
ItalyNational Copyright Law transpositionNational adjustment right

Why this matters

A Dutch writer with a profit-participation deal at an Irish producer is entitled to a transparency report framed under Dutch law — not Irish law — even though the producer is Irish and the contract may have an Irish governing-law clause. The Directive's protection is recipient-side.

What changes in the report

  • The cover-page legal-basis citation
  • The reporting frequency reference (where the local transposition differs)
  • The dispute-forum reference
  • The local Article 20 best-seller adjustment citation
  • Local language for technical concepts (mode of exploitation / net profits / etc.)

The underlying financial numbers don't change — the framing does.

In Togra

Producer sets the residency on each profit-participant on the participant editor; Togra picks the right jurisdiction variant automatically when generating the transparency report. The recipient's /r.php?t=<token> view renders the report under the correct legal framing.

Adding a new jurisdiction

The variant catalogue is data-driven. Adding (say) Belgium or Portugal is a config addition, not a code change.

Sources

  • · EU Directive 2019/790, Articles 19 + 20
  • · Per-jurisdiction national transpositions