# Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, Article 11: Beneficiaries of protection under the sui generis right

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The right provided for in Article 7 shall apply to database whose makers or rightholders are nationals of a Member State or who have their habitual residence in the territory of the Community.
2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply to companies and firms formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the Community; however, where such a company or firm has only its registered office in the territory of the Community, its operations must be genuinely linked on an ongoing basis with the economy of a Member State.
3. Agreements extending the right provided for in Article 7 to databases made in third countries and falling outside the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be concluded by the Council acting on a proposal from the Commission. The term of any protection extended to databases by virtue of that procedure shall not exceed that available pursuant to Article 10.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/9/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-11
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