Once again this year, many business owners received a letter or email asking them to file their returns by April 30, 2025. What do you need to know about this?

Reprobel is the body responsible for the collection of reproduction remunerations. These are the remunerations for making prints and photocopies – digital or otherwise – of copyrighted works for internal use.

Because every time an employee copies or plucks a photo or text from the Internet, copyrights are owed on it.

The fee for this license ( called bizili) depends on the number of relevant employees and the sector in which you operate and is at least €40 (excluding 6% VAT) per year.

As a business owner, did you receive a letter or e-mail? Then you are obliged to file a declaration. This can be done via the digital Reprobel portal. In order to be legally covered, you can purchase a combined license. This covers the reproductions of both digital and printed works.

Especially in the group of smaller companies and self-employed, the number of returns increased sharply, by some 15,000 to 62,500. About half of newly founded companies and start-ups sign up for the combined license right away.

Reprobel has signed with more than 50 sector agreements. If you are a member of such an organization, you can get a discount on bizili. You can check this at: https://bizili.be/community/sector