Enforcement Directive

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DIRECTIVE 2004/48/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance)

 

Preamble

 

Chapter I - Objective and scope

 

Article 1 - Subject-matter

 

Article 2 - Scope

 

 

Chapter II - Measures, procedures and remedies

 

Section 1 - General provisions

 

Article 3 - General obligation

 

Article 4 - Persons entitled to apply for the application of the measures, procedures and remedies

 

Article 5 - Presumption of authorship or ownership

 

 

Section 2 - Evidence

 

Article 6 - Evidence

 

Article 7 - Measures for preserving evidence

 

 

Section 3 - Right of information

 

Article 8 - Right of information

 

 

Section 4 - Provisional and precautionary measures

 

Article 9 - Provisional and precautionary measures

 

 

Section 5 - Measures resulting from a decision on the merits of the case

 

Article 10 - Corrective measures

 

Article 11 - Injunctions

 

Article 12 - Alternative measures

 

 

Section 6 - Damages and legal costs

 

Article 13 - Damages

 

Article 14 - Legal costs

 

 

Section 7 - Publicity measures

 

Article 15 - Publication of judicial decisions

 

 

Chapter III - Sanctions by Member States

 

Article 16 - Sanctions by Member States

 

 

Chapter IV - Codes of conduct and administrative cooperation

 

Article 17 - Codes of conduct

 

Article 18 - Assessment

 

Article 19 - Exchange of information and correspondents

 

 

Chapter V - Final provisions

 

Article 20 - Implementation

 

Article 21 - Entry into force

 

Article 22 - Addressees

 

 

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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.