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Directive (EU) 2019/1024 Article 3

Directive (EU) 2019/1024 Article 3

General principle

Article 3

1.   Subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States shall ensure that documents to which this Directive applies in accordance with Article 1 shall be re-usable for commercial or non-commercial purposes in accordance with Chapters III and IV. 2.   For documents in which libraries, including university libraries, museums and archives hold intellectual property rights and for documents held by public undertakings, Member States shall ensure that, where the re-use of such documents is allowed, those documents shall be re-usable for commercial or non-commercial purposes in accordance with Chapters III and IV.

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CitationArticle 3 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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