Music quota refers to policy that enforces minimum airtime of domestic songs for a certain period to protect the local music industry.

Australia

The Australian music quota imposed on domestic radio stations depends on how it its classified by the

Australian Communications and Media Authority The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Austr ...

(Acma).

France

A 1994 law in France requires a minimum of four in ten songs broadcast by domestic radio stations to be in the

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

Germany

There is no legislation in Germany mandating a radio quota but there has been efforts to introduced one since the mid-1990s.

Ireland

There is no radio quota in place in Ireland where music created in Ireland is played once to every six plays for international artists as of 2020. A bill filed in the

Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland read ...

proposing to impose 40% radio quota for Irish music was defeated in 2016.

Philippines

Under Executive Order No. 255 issued by President

Corazon Aquino Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; ; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People P ...

in 1987, radio stations with musical format programs in the Philippines are required to broadcast a minimum of four

Original Pilipino Music The music of the Philippines ( fil, Musika ng Pilipinas) includes the musical performance arts in the Philippines and the music of Filipinos composed in various local and international genres and styles. Philippine musical compositions are ofte ...

compositions every clockhour.

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