ICMP INTRODUCTION ICMP is the global trade body representing the music publishing industry worldwide. ICMPs membership spans the Majors, Indies and 80 national trade bodies across 6 continents. Consequently, we defend the rights of approximately 90% of the worlds commercially released music (more than 170 million tracks, of more than 5,000 genres), from Beethoven to Beyoncé, Schubert to Ed Sheeran, NWA to BTS, folk…
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ICMP - International Confederation of Music Publishers
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 715140648943-94
2
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 665 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #1116 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2023
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ICMP is a member of The European Internet Forum (EIF)
- Creativity Works →
- IMMA
- Music Moves Europe
- ProMusica
- KeyChange and The International Production Music Group (IPMG).
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP)
- Head office
- Rotkreuz, Switzerland
- EU office
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
ICMP - International Confederation of Music Publishers filed 2 positions between 14 Oct 2025 and 25 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
GLOBAL TRADE BODY SUBMISSION ICMP is the global trade body representing the music publishing industry worldwide and welcomes the opportunity to provide this input. a. AI LICENSING The Call for Evidence cites challenges for rightholders in AI licensing.
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