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General principles for the use of undistributable funds

Funds that cannot be distributed shall, after three years, be used in accordance with the principles set out below. Any such use that results in funds being distributed to rights holders shall be carried out in accordance with Stim's general distribution rules.

So-called undistributable funds arise when a rights holder is unknown or cannot be found. Such funds may, under Chapter 7, Section 7 of the Act (2016:977) on collective management of copyright ("KFUL"), be regarded as undistributable and may then be used by Stim for purposes other than direct distribution after Stim has taken the following measures.

  1. Stim must have fulfilled its obligation to investigate unknown rights holders and rights holders who cannot be found. This shall be carried out in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7, Section 6 of KFUL:

    A collective management organisation shall take reasonable measures to locate the rights holders entitled to remuneration. If a rights holder is unknown or cannot be found, the organisation shall, no later than three months after the end of the period referred to in Section 5, second paragraph, make available the information that is relevant for identifying or locating the rights holder, and to which the organisation has access, to
    1. the rights holders represented by the organisation,
    2. the members who represent rights holders,
    3. the collective management organisations with which the organisation has concluded an agreement referred to in Chapter 8, Section 1.

    If these measures do not produce results, the organisation shall, no later than one year after the end of the period referred to in the second paragraph, make the information referred to there available to the public.
  2. Three years shall have passed since the end of the financial year in which the rights revenues were collected.


Use of undistributable funds must be in accordance with decisions made by the general meeting, i.e., in accordance with the general principles for the use of undistributable funds.

General principles for the use of undistributable funds

The use of undistributable funds shall be made by distributing to cultural and educational purposes in a manner consistent with the general principles adopted by the general meeting regarding deductions from rights revenues and from income from investments of such revenues.