The present informative document describes the Compliance Framework for the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Content Protection and Copy Management (CPCM) system. Attention is drawn to those aspects of the CPCM specification which provide options for@ and require decisions by@ a compliance body. The rationale behind the options is explained. Attention is also drawn to areas where it will be necessary for a CPCM compliance body to reach agreement with other compliance bodies to enable secure integration with their content protection systems or secure delivery systems for the purposes of content acquisition into CPCM or export from CPCM.