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Link to legal provisions

Wet tot omzetting van Richtlijn (EU) 2019/790 van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 17 april 2019 inzake auteursrechten en naburige rechten in de digitale eengemaakte markt en tot wijziging van Richtlijnen 96/9/EG en 2001/29/EG(1)

Secondary legislation establishing more specific conditions pending. 

Stakeholder dialogues

Initiated. The cultural heritage sector is represented via meemoo (Flanders), the Royal Library (Federal), and the administration général de la culture (Wallonia). Additional representatives for other regions will be appointed. No regular meeting schedule has been set.

Out of commerce determination

Sufficiently representative CMOs 

Conditions for opt-out

Scope of licence

Reproduction, distribution, communication to the public, including making available to the public, for non-commercial purposes.

Scope of exception

Reproduction, communication to the public, including making available to the public, for non-commercial purposes.

Publicity measures

The idea of national measures has been suggested but there is no formal proposition. This might be brought up as part of the secondary legislation establishing more specific conditions that are pending.

Other conditions