ZAPA is the Polish Collective Management Organization of Audiovisual Authors and Producers. It is a member of AGICOA, EUROCOPYA, CISAC, SAA and also Kreatywna Polska, which is a Polish Association promoting and defending various creative industries interests. The European audiovisual sector is territorial, and there is no single European market for the exploitation of works.
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NGO · Poland · EU Transparency Register 122158812891-33
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #808 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
< €10K
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2014
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich jest członkiem następujących krajowych organizacji:
- Ogólnopolskiej Federacji Organizacji Pozarządowych (OFOP),
- Polskiej Federacji Dyskusyjnych Klubów Filmowych,
- Stowarzyszenia Kreatywna Polska.
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich jest członkiem następujących organizacji międzynarodowych:
- FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics),
- FERA (Federation of European Film Directors),
- CIFEJ (International Centre of Films for Children and Young People),
- CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers),
- AGICOA (The Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works),
- EUROCOPYA (European Association of Audiovisual & Film Producers' private copy collective management societies),
- SAA (The Society of Audiovisual Authors).
- and 5 more
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich (SFP)
- Head office
- Warszawa, Poland
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
ZAPA filed 2 positions between 11 Mar 2025 and 24 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2025 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
ZAPA (Union of Audiovisual Authors and Producers), operating within the Polish Filmmakers Association, is the leading collective management organisation in Poland, representing the rights and interests of audiovisual creators as well as producers.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Adigital (Asociación Española de la Economía Digital) · 2 files in common
- EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) · 2 files in common
- European Publishers Council · 2 files in common
- Sports Rights Owners Coalition · 2 files in common
- ACT · 2 files in common
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