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International Rights & Territory Control File
Documents and maps ownership, territory, language, format and foreign-rights availability.
PROGRAM CODE · IRTC · Publishing Rights & Authorship
Required application materials
- Rights-holder identity
- Manuscript / publication identification
- Publishing and contributor agreements
- Assignments and prior licenses
- Third-party permissions
- Territory and format schedule
- Foreign edition / translation history
Registration Completion categories
What Registration Completion Review checks for IRTC, per the Decline, Disapproval & Registration Completion process.
| Completion category | Evidence / action expected | Completion output |
|---|---|---|
| Third-party permissions | Permission / licence scope for third-party material, including relevant formats and territories. | Verified permission schedule |
| Publication chronology | First publication, editions, revisions, publishers and material rights events. | Edition and rights history |
| Chain of title | Contributor, publisher, designer, cover, illustration and other relevant assignments / agreements. | Ownership / control matrix |
| Territory & format grants | Existing translation, audio, ebook, foreign publishing and territorial licenses. | Territory-format rights matrix |
| Identity / brand control | Evidence of control or authorized use of relevant author / publishing identities and assets. | Identity-control record |
Possible statuses
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Application Received | Record created; substantive review has not started. |
| Document Review | Sufficiency and integrity review is underway. |
| Under Review | Substantive program review is underway. |
| Authority Consultation | Defined external or competent-authority consultation is pending, where permitted. |
| On Hold | Mandatory evidence, corrective action or external dependency remains unresolved. |
| Corrective Action in Progress | Applicant is actively responding to the hold notice. |
| Completion Packet Received | The one authorized completion-verification packet has been submitted. |
| Registration Completion Review | Review team is determining whether all program requirements are now satisfied. |
| Conditional | Review completed with stated conditions, exclusions or scope limitations. |
| Active / Compliant Within Scope | Registration completion requirements are satisfied for the stated scope, jurisdiction, standard version and authority basis. |
| Registration Declined — Final | The registration cannot proceed. No new application or resubmission is accepted for the same work and rights-holder scope. |
| Disapproved — Reconsideration Eligible | A substantive standard was not satisfied after full review; a reasoned reconsideration or appeal path is available if the program permits. |
| Disapproved — Final | Adverse determination remains after the permitted review path is exhausted or no further review is available. |
| Withdrawn | Applicant withdrew the record subject to retention rules. |
| Closed | Case or program record is administratively closed. |
Registry number format: GPRCC-IRTC-[ISO3]-[YEAR]-[SERIAL] for new records. Records opened before this convention (including the current case example below) retain their original identifiers under the record-continuity rule.
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