The Artists’ Collecting Society’s Artist Mandate
Under the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006 (“the Regulations”) royalties are due on the secondary sales of an artist’s works which are made by (or through the agency of) an art market professional where the sale price reaches or exceeds the sterling equivalent of 1000 euro.
I (“the Artist”) hereby authorise Artists’ Collecting Society CIC (“ACS”) of 17-19 Garway Road London W2 4PH to administer Artist’s Resale Right (“ARR”) on my behalf.
This authority is given on the understanding that:
– I am an EEA national and will provide a copy of a valid passport as evidence of my nationality
– ACS will monitor the secondary sales of my works which are made by (or through the agency of) an art market professional in the United Kingdom and Europe, and will invoice the art market professional (or, where relevant, foreign collecting society) for any ARR royalties due to me
– ACS will administer royalties generated from the secondary sales of my works in line with its Code of Conduct
– ACS will charge a 15% rate of commission which will be deducted before accounting to me
– ACS will not alter the commission rate without first giving fair notification of the change which must apply to all ACS members
– ACS will comply with the Data Protection Act of 2018 in dealing with any personal data provided by me and will only use such personal data in fulfilment of its obligations under this authority
– from the date of this authority, ACS and no other collecting society is responsible for the administration of ARR on my behalf
– ACS is hereby granted the right to reproduce images of the aforementioned artist’s work for the purpose of promoting and marketing in both electronic and printed form for the duration of this agreement
– if for any reason I am not legally entitled to receive these royalties, I agree to immediately return any payments ACS has made to me to which I am not entitled; and indemnify ACS for any loss or damages it may suffer as a result of payments made to me pursuant to this warranty for which I am are not legally entitled
– if I choose to terminate this authority I will give ACS three months written notification of termination during which period ACS will continue to collect ARR royalties on my behalf
– the personal information submitted in conjunction with the online registration is accurate
This mandate will be carried out in accordance with the ACS Code of Conduct. You can read the Code of Conduct in full on the ACS website at www.artistscollectingsociety.org/legal