Rental Directive
The following rightsholders have the exclusive right, subject to limitations, to authorize or prohibit the rental or lending of their works [Art.These provisions is interpreted strictly: Portugal has been censured for a transposition which effectively exempted all public institutions from payment of royalties,[2] and Belgium for failing to set a rate of remuneration (making its collection impossible).However, the European Commission pointed out in a report in 2002[1] that many of these PLR systems failed to correctly implement the directive.The Directive sets out the minimum rights which Member States must accord to performers, phonogram and film producers and broadcasting organizations (related rights), based closely on the provisions of the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations.Phonogram producers have the right to an equitable remuneration (which may be fixed by agreement or regulation) if their published recordings are broadcast or played in public: this royalty is shared with the performers [Art. 8(2)].