Database Directive
Print this pageDirective 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
Chapter I - Scope
Article 2 - Limitations on the scope
Chapter II - Copyright
Article 3 - Object of protection
Article 4 - Database authorship
Article 6 - Exceptions to restricted acts
Chapter III - Sui Generis Right
Article 7 - Object of protection
Article 8 - Rights and obligations of lawful users
Article 9 - Exceptions to the sui generis right
Article 10 - Term of protection
Article 11 - Beneficiaries of protection under the sui generis right
Chapter IV - Common Provisions
Article 13 - Continued application of other legal provisions
Article 14 - Application over time
Article 15 - Binding nature of certain provisions
Text in force at 01-01-2020. The text can be verified at EUR-LEX. Titles of articles have been added for convenience, but are lacking in the official text, IP-PorTal.
