(1) Section 20a only applies to contracts concluded before 1 June 1998 as from 1 January 2000, insofar as they expire after that date.
(2) Where a contract on the joint production of a video or audio recording concluded before 1 June 1998 between several producers at least one of whom is a national of a Member State of the European Union or a Contracting Party of the Agreement on the European Economic Area provides for the geographical division of the broadcasting right amongst the producers without differentiating between satellite broadcast and other types of broadcast and if the satellite broadcast by one producer of the jointly produced production would prejudice the exploitation of the exclusive rights of another producer limited in respect of place or language, the satellite broadcast is permitted only if the holder of these exclusive rights has consented thereto.
(3) Section 20b (2) applies only insofar as the contract on the granting of the cable retransmission right was concluded after 1 June 1998.