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Law of June 30, 1994, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (updated on December 29, 2017), Belgium

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Year of Version 2017 Dates Entry into force: August 1, 1994 Adopted: June 30, 1994 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

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Dutch Wet betreffende van 30 Juni 1994 het auteursrecht en de naburige rechten (bijgewerkt op 29 december 2017) PDF HTML French Loi du 30 juin 1994 relative au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins (mise à jour le 29 décembre 2017) PDF HTML
Legislation Amends (3 text(s)) Amends (3 text(s))
Judicial Code of October 10, 1967 (updated from December 31, 2018 to August 14, 2019) (BE209)
March 21, 1804 - Civil Code - Book III: Ways to Acquire Property - Title III to V (Arts. 1101 - 1581) (updated April 6, 2012) (BE149)
Law of July 14, 1991, on Trade Practices and Consumer Information and Protection (consolidated as of 1994) (BE054)
 Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Law of June 30, 1994, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (as amended by the Law of April 3, 1995)(BE064)
Law of June 30, 1994, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights(BE003)
 Is amended by (4 text(s)) Is amended by (4 text(s))
Law of December 10, 2009, on Amendments to the Status and the Management of Collective Societies of the Law of June 30, 1994 on Copyrights (updated on December 31, 2012) (BE185)
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)
Law of August 31, 1998 transposing into Belgian Law the European Directive No. 96/9/EC of March 11, 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases (BE067)
Law of April 3, 1995, on Amendments to the Law of June 30, 1994, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (BE006)
Is implemented by (9 text(s)) Is implemented by (9 text(s))
Royal Decree of October 30, 1997, on the Remuneration of Authors and Publishers for Private Copying Recorded in Graphic Form or in a Similar Way for Personal or Didactic Use (updated on March 10, 2017) (BE198)
Royal Decree of March 28, 1996, on the Right to Remuneration for Private Copying of Writers, Artists, Performers and Producers of Phonograms and Audiovisual Works (updated on October 24, 2013) (BE199)
March 28, 1996 - Royal Decree on the Right to Remuneration for Private Copying of Writers, Artists, Performers and Producers of Phonograms and Audiovisual Works (updated December 23, 2009) (BE114)
December 15, 2006 - Royal Decree entrusting a Society to Collect and Distribute the Public Lending Right Remuneration (BE155)
April 25, 2004 - Royal Decree on Remuneration Rights for Public Lending for the Authors, Performing or Interpreting Artists, Producers of Phonograms and Producers of First Recordings of Films (BE158)
November 10, 2004 - Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of October 30, 1997 on the Remuneration of Authors and Publishers for Private Copying Recorded in Graphic Form or in a Similar Way for Personal or Didactic Use (BE115)
October 15, 1997 - Royal Decree entrusting a Society with Collecting and Distributing the Remuneration Rights for Copying Works Recorded in a Graphic Form or in a Similar Way (BE159)
Royal Decree on the Right to Remuneration for Private Copying of Authors, Performers and Producers of Phonograms and Audiovisual Works (of June 23, 1995) (BE037)
Royal Decree No. 91 of January 29, 1935 regulating Measures on the Protection of Industrial Designs (as amended 1974) (BE008)
 Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Law of April 19, 2014, on the Insertion of Book XI 'Intellectual Property' to the Code of Economic Law, and Specific Provisions to the Book XI in Books I, XV and XVII of the Code (updated on October 30, 2015) (BE177)
Historical Versions Repeals (2 text(s)) Repeals (2 text(s))
Law of June 25, 1921, Extending, Due to Hostilities, the Term of Literary and Artistic Property Rights  (BE002)
Law of June 25, 1921, Imposing the Public Sale of Works of Art to a Royalty for the Benefit of the Artists who are the Authors of the Works Sold (BE154)

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