Key facts
The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) conducted a follow-up audit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) on the implementation of key recommendations dating from 2022.
The IPI is responsible for supervising the five Swiss copyright management organisations: ProLitteris, Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA), SUISA, Suissimage and Swissperform. These organisations collect royalties from users and distribute them to rights holders. In 2024, the amounts distributed totalled approximately CHF 330 million. The four recommendations examined in this follow-up audit concern various areas of the IPI’s supervision. Two recommendations have been fully implemented but the recommendations that supervision should be based on a organisation-specific risk analysis and that the information provided by management organisations should be better utilised have not yet been fully implemented.