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.
ZAPA
NGO · Poland · EU Transparency Register 122158812891-33
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 #948 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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 14 Oct 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 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
ZAPA filed 3 positions between 31 Mar 2021 and 24 Jun 2026, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
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.
The Polish Filmmakers Association – Union of Audiovisual Authors and Producers (SFP-ZAPA) would like to thank the European Commission for organising consultations on the extremely important matter of the future of digital services.
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