ISAN registration agencies are established to serve specific countries, group of countries or specific sectors of the audiovisual industry. These registration agencies receive and process applications for ISAN and assign the actual numbers to specific works.

Registration Agencies are appointed by the ISAN International Agency.

The responsibilities of a Registration Agency include:

• - to regionally manage individual applications of registrants and ISAN registrations;
• - to service readers accessing the ISAN database for consultation and inventory management purposes;
• - to implement an IT tool capable of interfacing with the ISAN central repository;
• - to generate local awareness through targeted marketing;
• - to educate the film and TV industries to the advantages of ISAN registration and familiarize them with the registration process.

See the list of approved ISAN Registration Agencies

How to select an ISAN Registration Agency? (Help Center)

How to obtain an ISAN when there is no registration agency in my country? (Help Center)

Registration Agencies (RAs) cannot be self-appointed.

The ISAN International Agency is empowered to select from applications by third parties applying for Registration Agency status.

ISAN International Agency selects Registration Agencies on the basis of the following procedure:

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For more details, refer to the following documents:

• - ISAN Registration Agency: Terms of Reference
• - ISAN Registration Agency: Rules and Procedure
• - ISAN Registration Agency: Expression of Interest