Term of Protection Directive
Print this pageDirective 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version)
Article 1 - Duration of authors' rights
Article 2 - Cinematographic or audiovisual works
Article 3 - Duration of related rights
Article 4 - Protection of previously unpublished works
Article 5 - Critical and scientific publications
Article 6 - Protection of photographs
Article 7 - Protection vis-à-vis third countries
Article 8 - Calculation of terms
Article 10 - Application in time
Article 10a - Transitional measures
Article 11 - Notification and communication
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.