Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (repeal. Directive 93/98/EEC). Codification

PURPOSE: to codify a Directive on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights.

PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 93/98/EEC  harmonising the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights. This is being done in accordance with EU provisions for the simplification and clarification of EU law given that Directive 93/98/EEC has been subject to numerous amendments.

The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it whilst fully preserving the content of the acts being codified. It does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.