Implementation By Member States
Member States had until 22 December 2002 to implement the Copyright Directive into their national laws. However, only Greece and Denmark met the deadline, while Italy, Austria, Germany and the UK implemented the directive in 2003. The remaining eight Member States (Belgium, Spain, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden) were referred to the European Court of Justice for non-implementation. In 2004 Finland, the UK (with regards to Gibraltar), Belgium and Sweden were convicted for non-implementation.
National implementation measures include:
- Czech Republic: the amendment No. 216/2006 Coll. of the Czech Copyright Act
- Finland: 2005 amendment to the Finnish Copyright Act and Penal Code
- France: Loi no. 2006-961 du 1er août 2006 relative au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins dans la société de l'information, better known as DADVSI
- United Kingdom: Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003
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