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Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, European Union (EU)

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Year of Version 2017 Dates Adopted: September 13, 2017 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights) Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body Notes The notification by the European Union to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'This Directive implements the obligations that the Union has to meet under the Marrakesh Treaty in a harmonised manner, with a view to ensuring that the corresponding measures are applied consistently throughout the internal market. This Directive therefore aims to improve the availability to persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled of books, including e-books, journals, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of writing, notation, including sheet music, and other printed material, including in audio form, whether digital or analogue, online or offline, in formats that make those works and other subject matter accessible to those persons to substantially the same degree as to persons without such impairment or disability.'

Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council enters into force, in accordance with its Article 12, on October 10, 2017, on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on September 20, 2017.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) French Directive (UE) 2017/1564 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 13 septembre 2017 sur certaines utilisations autorisées de certaines œuvres et d'autres objets protégés par le droit d'auteur et les droits voisins en faveur des aveugles, des déficients visuels et des personnes ayant d'autres difficultés de lecture des textes imprimés et modifiant la directive 2001/29/CE sur l'harmonisation de certains aspects du droit d'auteur et des droits voisins dans la société de l'information PDF HTML English Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society PDF HTML Spanish Directiva (UE) 2017/1564 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 13 de septiembre de 2017, sobre ciertos usos permitidos de determinadas obras y otras prestaciones protegidas por derechos de autor y derechos afines en favor de personas ciegas, con discapacidad visual o con otras dificultades para acceder a textos impresos, y por la que se modifica la Directiva 2001/29/CE relativa a la armonización de determinados aspectos de los derechos de autor y derechos afines a los derechos de autor en la sociedad de la información PDF HTML
Legislation Amends (1 text(s)) Amends (1 text(s))
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (EU049)
 Is implemented by (22 text(s)) Is implemented by (22 text(s))
Act No. 121/2000 Coll., of April 7, 2000, on Copyright and Related Rights and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Copyright Act) (as amended up to Act No. 429/2022 Coll.) (CZ121)
Copyright Act (consolidated text of January 1, 2023) (EE256)
Copyright Law (as amended up to April 5, 2023) (LV160)
Act on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 130/22 of October 11, 2022) (SI087)
Code of Economic Law (updated on April 21, 2022)  (BE214)
Consolidated Text of the Law on Intellectual Property, Regularizing, Clarifying and Harmonizing the Applicable Statutory Provisions (approved by Royal Legislative Decree No. 1/1996 of April 12, 1996, and amended up to Royal Decree-Law No. 6/2022 of March 29, 2022) (ES257)
Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995, as amended up to October 26, 2022) (SI085)
Law No. 230 of July 28, 2022, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (MD162)
Law No. 8 of March 14, 1996, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (amended up to Law No. 69/2022) (RO107)
Act No. 58 of June 4, 2021 (NO185)
Law of April 3, 2020, on the Amendments to the Amended Law of April 18, 2001, on Copyright, Neighboring Rights and Databases in View of the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 13, 2017, on Certain Permitted Uses of Certain Works and Other Subject Matter Protected by Copyright and Related Rights for the Benefit of Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print-Disabled and Amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (LU060)
Act No. 50/2019 Coll., of February 1, 2019, on Amendments to Act No. 121/2000 Coll., on Copyright and Related Rights and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Copyright Act) (CZ091)
Act (2018:1099) Amending the Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works (1960:729) (SE193)
Act No. 719 of June 8, 2018, on Amendments to Copyright Act (DK236)
Act on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act (OG No. 96/2018) (HR140)
Copyright and Related Rights Act and Acts on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act (OG Nos. 167/2003, 79/2007, 80/2011, 141/2013, 127/2014, 62/2017 and 96/2018) (HR139)
Decree No. 2018-1200 of December 20, 2018, on the Exception to Copyright, Related Rights and the Rights of Database Producers for Persons with Disabilities (FR572)
European Union (Marrakesh Treaty) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 412/2018) (IE244)
Regulation (2018:1100) Amending the Copyright Regulation (1993:1212) (SE200)
Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1563 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on the cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled (EU235)
Royal Decree-Law No. 2/2018 of April 13, 2018, on Amendments to the Consolidated Text of the Law on Intellectual Property, approved by Royal Legislative Decree No. 1/1996 of April 12, 1996, and Incorporating into Spanish Law Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 26, 2014, and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 13, 2017 (ES228)
Law of May 22, 2005, on the Transposition into Belgian Law the European Directive 2001/29/EC of May 22, 2001, on the Harmonization of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Neighboring Rights in the Information Society (updated on December 31, 2012) (BE186)
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IP/N/1/EU/28
IP/N/1/EU/C/12
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