|
Country
|
Rate
|
Coverage
|
Other features (where
available)
|
|
Algeria
|
5% of resale value
|
Works of graphic or plastic
art
|
Not available
|
|
Belgium
|
100 to 10000 FB – 2%
10000 to 20000 – 3%
20000 to 50000 – 4%
50000 + – 6%
|
Paintings, sculptures,
drawings and engravings sold at public auctions
|
§ Inalienable right, extended to heirs and successors
of the artist
§ The Ministry of Culture collects the royalty
§ The right is granted to foreign authors on the basis
of reciprocity
|
|
Benin
|
5% per cent of resale value
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art
|
|
|
Brazil
|
20% of the increase in
price, relative to the immediately preceding sale
|
Art or manuscripts, either original or reproductions
signed by the author
|
§ Inalienable right
§ The National Copyright Council collects the royalty
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
Not available
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art
|
|
|
Cameroon
|
Not available
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Chile
|
5% of any increase in the
price of the work
|
Paintings, sculptures,
drawings, sketches
|
|
|
Congo
|
Not available
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Costa Rica
|
5% of resale price
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Denmark
|
5% of the resale price,
over a specified minimum
|
Work of art, or authorised
copies thereof
|
|
|
Ecuador
|
5% of resale price
|
Works of art sold by
dealers or public auction
|
|
|
France
|
3% on works sold for more
than 100 Francs
|
“Fine art’ – drawings,
paintings, sculptures etc
|
§ Inalienable. Currently, inheritable for 70 years
after the artist’s death
§ Most often collected by private collection societies
|
|
Germany
|
5% on works sold for more
than DM500
|
Visual arts
|
§ Collected by the “Bild Kunst” society
|
|
Greece
|
5% of the resale price
|
Original works of art, sold
by art dealers or public auction
|
§ Inalienable right
|
|
Guinea
|
5% of resale price
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Hungary
|
5% per cent of the purchase
price
|
Paintings, drawings,
reproduced pictorial graphic works, sculptures, tapestries etc sold publicly
|
§ The “Art Fund” collects the royalty
§ If the buyer is a museum, the royalty only applies
if the author is still alive
|
|
Iceland
|
10% of resale value
|
Original works of art
|
§ Inalienable right
§ Payable to the author, the author’s heirs, or the
“Artists’ Copyright Fund”
|
|
Italy
|
A percentage of the amount
by which the first public resale exceeds the original sale (percentage varies
between 2 and
10%)
|
Paintings, sculpture,
drawings, prints and original manuscripts sold publicly
|
§ Unclear whether the royalty is collected.
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
Not available
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Luxembourg
|
3% of resale price over a
specified minimum
|
Visual or plastic art sold
by a dealer or public auction
|
§ Inalienable, and inheritable for 50 years after the
authors’ death
|
|
Mali
|
Not available
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Morocco
|
5% of resale value
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Norway
|
3% of all public resales
|
Painting, sculpture,
graphic art and drawing, original and signed by the artist
|
§ Returns to public fund for all artists
|
|
Peru
|
A percentage of any
increase in value of the work fixed by mutual accord between the parties
|
Painting, sculpture,
sketches and drawings sold publicly
|
|
|
Philippines
|
5% of resale price or lease
|
Paintings, sculptures, and
manuscripts of a writer or composer
|
|
|
Portugal
|
6% of resale value
|
Original works of art
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
Not available
|
Not available
|
|
Senegal
|
5% of resale value
|
Graphic and plastic works
of art sold by dealer or public auction
|
|
|
Spain
|
3% of works sold for more
than 300,000 pesetas
|
Plastic art sold at public
auction, in a commercial establishment or through a dealer or agent
|
§
The party responsible for the
sale is obliged to inform the author within 2 months
§ Inalienable, and inheritable for 60 years after the artist’s
death
|
|
Turkey
|
An appropriate portion of
the increase in value, not exceeding 10%
|
Artistic works and
manuscripts
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
|
Not available
|
|
|
United States (California only)
|
5% of the resale price over
$1000
|
Original painting,
sculpture or work in glass
|
§
The United States does not have
a national Droit de suite
§ The Californian right extends beyond California only when the work is sold by a Californian vendor
|
|
Uruguay
|
25% of the increase in the
value of the work
|
All categories of
intellectual works
|
|
|
Country
|
Belgium
|
Denmark
|
Finland
|
France
|
Germany
|
California
|
|
Size of the
art market (Euro)
|
77 million
|
50.3 million
|
12.3 million
|
2,843 million
|
485 million
|
5,540.1 million
(Total USA)
|
|
Proportion of
EU sales
|
0.8 percent
|
0.5 percent
|
0.1 percent
|
31 percent
|
5 percent
|
Not applicable
|
|
Nature and
duration of resale royalty
|
Inalienable, life + 70
years
|
Inalienable, life + 70 years
|
Inalienable, life + 70
years
|
Inalienable, life + 70
years
|
Inalienable, life + 70
years
|
Inalienable, life + 20
years
|
|
Heirs
|
All heirs
|
Family only
|
Family only
|
Family only
|
All heirs
|
All heirs
|
|
Works of art covered
|
Original paintings,
sculpture drawings and engravings
|
Original works of fine art,
photos, lithographs, prints, applied art
|
Works of fine art
|
Original works of graphic
and plastic arts
|
Original works of fine art
|
Original paintings,
sculpture, drawings, glass art
|
|
Sales in scope
|
Auction sales
|
Dealer and auction sales
|
Dealer and auction sales
|
Auction sales
|
Dealer and auction sales
|
All public and private
sales by Californian residents
|
|
Base
|
Gross price – no deductions
|
Price including auction fee
minus VAT
|
Price less VAT
|
Gross price – no deductions
|
Gross price – no deductions
|
Gross price
|
|
Percent
|
4 percent
|
5 percent
|
5 percent
|
3 percent
|
5 percent
|
5 percent
|
|
Minimum (Euro)
|
1,240
|
268
|
252
|
15
|
51
|
2,181
|