Legal texts

Laws

Law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, neighboring rights and databases. here

Law of April 18, 2004, amending: 1) the law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases, and 2) the amended law of July 20, 1992 modifying the patent regime. here

Law of May 22, 2009 transposing Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights and designating the Community design courts, and amending: 1) the amended law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases, and 2) the amended law of July 20, 1992 modifying the patent regime. here

Act of February 10, 2015 transposing Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 27, 2011 amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights and amending the amended Act of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases. here

Law of December 3, 2015 on certain authorized uses of orphan works. here

Law of April 25, 2018 on the collective management of copyright and related rights and the multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market and amending the amended law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases. here

Law of April 3, 2020 amending the amended law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases with a view to transposing Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of September 13, 2017 on certain authorized uses of certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of blind, the visually impaired and people with other print-reading difficulties and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. here

Law of1st April 2022 amending the amended law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases in order to transpose Directive 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organizations and retransmissions of television and radio programs, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC. here

Grand Ducal Regulations

Grand-Ducal regulation of June 30, 2004 concerning organizations for the management and distribution of copyright and related rights. here

Grand-Ducal regulation of March 16, 2005 on the organization of the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Commission. here

Grand-Ducal regulation of January 8, 2007 related to fair remuneration for public lending. here

European directives

DIRECTIVE 2014/26/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of February 26, 2014 on the collective management of copyright and related rights and the multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market. here

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/790 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of April 17, 2019 on copyright and related rights in the digital single market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC. here

Bern Convention

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the “matrix of conventional law” signed on September 9, 1886, is an international legal instrument for the protection of works and related copyright. here

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