IP/N/1/EU/28  
IP/N/1/EU/C/12  
 
14 November  2019 
(19-7791)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
EUROPEAN UNION : DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/ 1564 OF THE EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT AND OF T HE 
COUNCIL OF 13 SEPTEM BER 2017 ON CERTAIN PERMITTED USES OF CE RTAIN WORKS AND 
OTHER SUBJECT MATTER  PROTECTED BY COPYRI GHT AND RELATED RIGH TS FOR THE  
BENEFIT OF PERSONS W HO ARE BLIND, VISUAL LY IM PAIRED OR OTHERWISE  
PRINT -DISABLED AND A MENDING DIRECTIVE 20 01/29/EC ON THE  
HARMONISATION OF CER TAIN ASPECTS OF COPY RIGHT AND  
RELATED RIGHTS IN TH E INFORMATION SOCIET Y 
Notifying Member  EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other 
subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of 
persons who are blind, visually imp aired or otherwise print -disabled and 
amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of 
copyright and related rights in the information society  
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/2019/IP/EEC/19_5583_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/EU/C/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This Directive implements the obligations that the Union has to meet under the Marrakesh Treaty in 
a harmonised manner, with a view to ensuring that the corresponding measures are applied 
consistently throughout the internal market. This Directive therefor e aims to improve the availability 
to persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print -disabled of books, including e -books, 
journals, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of writing, notation, including sheet music, and 
other printed material,  including in audio form, whether digital or analogue, online or offline, in 
formats that make those works and other subject matter accessible to those persons to substantially 
the same degree as to persons without such impairment or disability.  
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  On the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.  
Other date   Publication: 20 September 2017  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  7 October 2019  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  European Commission  
Directorate General Communication Networks, Content and Technology  
Unit I.2 Copyright  
 
 
* 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.