In musical rights management, the CAE number was previously used to identify rights holders.
[1] The acronym "CAE" was devised by the national society of Switzerland, SUISA, and consisted of the French words Compositeur, Auteur and Editeur, for Composer, Author and Publisher.
A CAE number is 9 digits long.
It is being phased out and has been replaced by the IPI code.
This article about a music organization is a stub.