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Royal Decree-Law No. 2/2018 of April 13, 2018, on Amendments to the Consolidated Text of the Law on Intellectual Property, approved by Royal Legislative Decree No. 1/1996 of April 12, 1996, and Incorporating into Spanish Law Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 26, 2014, and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 13, 2017, Spain

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Year of Version 2018 Dates Entry into force: April 15, 2018 Adopted: April 13, 2018 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) Spanish Real Decreto-ley N° 2/2018, de 13 de abril, por el que se modifica el texto refundido de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, aprobado por el Real Decreto Legislativo N° 1/1996, de 12 de abril de 1996, y por el que se incorporan al ordenamiento jurídico español la Directiva 2014/26/UE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 26 de febrero de 2014, y la Directiva (UE) 2017/1564 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 13 de septiembre de 2017 PDF HTML
Legislation Implements (3 text(s)) Implements (3 text(s))
Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (EU228)
Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (EU193)
Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (EU171)
 Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Law No. 2/2019 of March 1, 2019, on Amendments to the Consolidated Text of the Law on Intellectual Property, approved by Legislative Royal Decree No. 1/1996 of April 12, 1996, and on the Transposition into the Spanish Legal System of Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 and Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 (ES097)

WIPO Lex No. ES228