The portal for the reprorecht turnover statement will reopen on June 1, 2025.
Every year around May, relevant publishers receive an invitation to submit their revenue through our webportal. Not all titles and revenue from your publishing house may be submitted.
Accepted titles
The formats in which the publications are exploited can vary: in print, digitally (such as PDFs, etc.), or a combination of these; and online through databases, websites, or apps.
Note: You can only submit (news) websites that have a corresponding print edition. Currently, only the digital formats of books, magazines, and newspapers are included in the license.
The titles must be published in the Netherlands. These can be either Dutch-language or foreign-language publications.
You can only submit titles with an "open readership." These are publications that are available to everyone (either through single-copy sales or subscriptions).
Note: Publications that are only available to members or affiliates (e.g., of an association) do not count.
Accepted revenue
The formats in which the publications are exploited can vary: in print, digitally (such as PDFs, etc.), or a combination of these, and online through databases, websites, or apps.
Note: You can only submit (news) websites that have a corresponding print edition. Currently, only the digital formats of books, magazines, and newspapers are included in the license.
Revenue generated in the 2021 financial year.
Note: In the case of a broken financial year, determining the revenue can be challenging. You may also choose to report the most recently closed financial year.
You can only report the net revenue resulting from sales to end users based in the Netherlands. The reprographic rights fee pertains solely to the copying of your publications in the Netherlands.
Net revenue refers to the income from sold subscriptions at consumer prices to end users in the Netherlands, single-copy sales, and net advertising revenue, excluding income from VAT, sponsorship, affiliate income, distribution costs, and "trade discounts."
Note: In the "Textbooks" category, net revenue from rentals may be included.
You may report your net advertising revenue. This refers to the total revenue you, as a publisher, have generated from advertisers and/or advertising brokers. The net revenue from supplements, inserts, etc., also counts towards the advertising revenue.
Note: The net advertising revenue must be reported excluding VAT, discounts (e.g., discounts to advertising and media agencies or discounts for cash payments), and commission granted to representatives and/or acquisition agencies for securing advertisements.
Excluded titles
You may not submit publications that have been produced on behalf of third parties. The name of your publishing house must be clearly stated in the publication. Stichting PRO conducts random checks to verify this.
You may not submit publications for which the copyright has expired (seventy years after the author's death).
You may not submit publications that are only available to members or affiliates (e.g., of an association).
You may not submit (news) websites without a corresponding print edition. Currently, only the digital formats of books, magazines, and newspapers are included in the license.
You may not submit open access publications. A Creative Commons license waives reprographic rights fees and other collective funds.
Excluded revenue
You cannot report revenue that results from sales abroad and/or export. The reprographic reproduction fee only concerns copying from your publications in the Netherlands.
You cannot report shipping, handling, administrative, postage costs.
You cannot report 'trade discounts.' A 'trade discount' refers to the discount granted to third parties for the benefit of intermediaries and retail trade. If a discount is granted by a publisher to an affiliate intermediary or retail business, the discount provided to a company within the same group is also considered a 'trade discount.'
You may not report income from sponsorship, affiliate income.
You may not report discounts on advertisements (e.g., discounts given to advertising and media agencies or discounts for cash payments). You may also not report any commission/fees paid to representatives and/or acquisition agencies for procuring advertisements.
You may not report income from audio, video, games, etc. These fall outside the four categories of published works.
You cannot report revenue generated from other/adjacent activities of the publisher (e.g., from training, events, software, and services).