IP/N/1/IRL/34  
IP/N/1/IRL/C/14  
 
12 April 2023  
(23-2619) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (CERTIFICATION OF LICENSING SCHEME FOR 
REPROGRAPHIC COPYING BY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS) (THE IRISH  
COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LIMITED) ORDER 2002  
(S.I. NO. 514 OF 2002)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright and Related Rights (Certification of Licensing Scheme for 
Reprographic Copying by Educational Establishments) (The Irish Copyright 
Licensing Agency Limited) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 514 of 2002)  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_8756_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Section 57 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No. 28 of 2000) provides for limited 
copyright exceptions, which allow free reprographic copying by educational establishments in certain 
circumstances. However, this exception does not apply where t here is a licensing scheme (certified 
by the Minister under Section 173) in operation. Section 173 provides for the certification of a 
licensing scheme for the purposes of Section 57 where the Minister is satisfied that the licensing 
body in charge of the scheme is representative of a substantial number of rights  holders  in the 
category of works to which the scheme is designed to apply, and the scheme sets out clearly the 
charges payable and the other terms and conditions on which licences are to be granted .  
 
Through this Order, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment has certified the licensing 
scheme operated by the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, with effect from 13 January 2003. 
The Schedule to the Order contains details of the licen sing scheme.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  IP/N/1/IRL/34 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/14  
 
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  Entry into force  13 January 2003; The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment signed 
this Order on 12 November 2002 specifying that the scheme would come into 
effect on 13 January 2003.  
Other date   Adoption: 12 November 2002  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  28 March 2023  
Other information  This instrument implements elements of the Copyright and Related Rights 
Act, 2000 (Act No. 28 of 2000). See IP/N/1/IRL/C/3 . 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment  
 
Email:  trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.