{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/9",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-9",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Exceptions to the sui generis right",
  "text": "Member States may stipulate that lawful users of a database which is made available to the public in whatever manner may, without the authorization of its maker, extract or re-utilize a substantial part of its contents:\n(a) in the case of extraction for private purposes of the contents of a non-electronic database;\n(b) in the case of extraction for the purposes of illustration for teaching or scientific research, as long as the source is indicated and to the extent justified by the non-commercial purpose to be achieved, without prejudice to the exceptions and limitations provided for in Directive (EU) 2019/790;\n(c) in the case of extraction and/or re-utilization for the purposes of public security or an administrative or judicial procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/9/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:13.340825+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}