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Chapter III · SUI GENERIS RIGHT › Article 9

Exceptions to the sui generis right

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:

(a)

in the case of extraction for private purposes of the contents of a non-electronic database;

(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;

(c)

in the case of extraction and/or re-utilization for the purposes of public security or an administrative or judicial procedure.

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