Public Notice 2002-1

Application for Certification:
Guild of Canadian Film Composers
Tribunal File No. 1310-02-002

In accordance with subsection 25(3) of the Status of the Artist Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby gives notice that it has received an application for certification from the Guild of Canadian Film Composers (GCFC). The GCFC is seeking certification to represent a sector composed of all professional independent contractors engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act who create, write, compose, orchestrate, arrange or edit music, lyrics (in a language other than French) or music and lyrics where the said music and/or lyrics are intended for film, videotape, digital media or any other audio-visual media or analogous process, or any other process now known or to be invented which modifies or replaces the aforementioned technology and processes, with the exception of:

The artists covered by the certification granted to the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec (SPACQ) by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on May 17, 1996, as may be amended by the Tribunal in the future.

And subject to:

1. The agreement concluded between the Guild of Canadian Film Composers and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) on May 6, 2002; and
   
   
2. The agreement concluded between the Guild of Canadian Film Composers and the Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada (SODRAC) inc. on May 13, 2002.

Any artists' association that wishes to make a competing application for certification in respect of the same sector or any part of the same sector must file its application for certification no later than October 18, 2002. Any individual or organization that wishes to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the application must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than October 18, 2002.

Competing applications for certification and expressions of interest must be sent either by facsimile or by mail to the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal, 240 Sparks Street, 8th Floor West, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1A1, 613-947-4125 (Facsimile).

Josée Dubois
Executive Director