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**EUROPEAN UNION**

**THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT** **THE COUNCIL**

**Brussels, 6 July 2017**
**(OR. en)**

**2016/0278 (COD)** **PE-CONS 23/17**

**PI 66**

**CODEC 855**

**LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS**

Subject: DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
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 impaired 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

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**DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/…**

**OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL**

**of …**

**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 impaired 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**

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114

thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee **[1]**,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure **[2]**,

**1** OJ C 125, 21.4.2017, p. 27.
**2** Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2017 (not yet published in the Official
Journal) and decision of the Council of ….

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Whereas:

(1) Union legal acts in the area of copyright and related rights provide legal certainty and a

high level of protection for rightholders and constitute a harmonised legal framework. That

framework contributes to the proper functioning of the internal market and stimulates

innovation, creation, investment and the production of new content, including in the digital

environment. It also aims to promote access to knowledge and culture by protecting works

and other subject-matter and by permitting exceptions or limitations that are in the public

interest. A fair balance of rights and interests between rightholders and users should be

safeguarded.

(2) Directives 96/9/EC **[1]**, 2001/29/EC **[2]**, 2006/115/EC **[3]** and 2009/24/EC **[4]** of the

European Parliament and of the Council harmonise the rights of rightholders in the area of

copyright and related rights. Those Directives, together with Directive 2012/28/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council **[5]**, provide for an exhaustive list of exceptions and

limitations to those rights, which allow the use of content without the rightholders’

authorisation under certain conditions in order to achieve certain policy objectives.

**1** Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the
legal protection of databases (OJ L 77, 27.3.1996, p. 20).
**2** Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the
harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
(OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 10).
**3** Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006
on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of
intellectual property (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 28).
**4** Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on
the legal protection of computer programs (OJ L 111, 5.5.2009, p. 16).
**5** Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on
certain permitted uses of orphan works (OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 5).

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(3) Persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled continue to face many

barriers to accessing books and other printed material which are protected by copyright and

related rights. Taking into consideration the rights of blind, visually impaired or otherwise

print-disabled persons as recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the

European Union (the ‘Charter’) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities (the ‘UNCRPDʼ), measures should be taken to increase the

availability of books and other printed material in accessible formats, and to improve their

circulation in the internal market.

(4) The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,

Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (the ʻMarrakesh Treatyʼ) was signed on

behalf of the Union on 30 April 2014 **[1]** . Its aim is to improve the availability and

cross-border exchange of certain works and other protected subject-matter in accessible

formats for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled. The

Marrakesh Treaty requires contracting parties to provide exceptions or limitations to

copyright and related rights for the making and dissemination of copies, in accessible

formats, of certain works and other protected subject-matter, and for the cross-border

exchange of those copies. The conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty by the Union requires

the adaptation of Union law by establishing a mandatory and harmonised exception for

uses, works and beneficiary persons covered by that treaty.

**1** Council Decision 2014/221/EU of 14 April 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European
Union, of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are
Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, p. 1).

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(5) According to Opinion 3/15 **[1]** of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the exceptions

or limitations to copyright and related rights for the making and dissemination of copies in

accessible formats of certain works and other subject-matter provided for by the Marrakesh

Treaty have to be implemented within the field harmonised by Directive 2001/29/EC.

(6) 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 should therefore

provide for a mandatory exception to the rights that are harmonised by Union law and are

relevant for the uses and works covered by the Marrakesh Treaty. Such rights include, in

particular, the rights of reproduction, communication to the public, making available to the

public, distribution and lending, as provided for in Directives 2001/29/EC, 2006/115/EC

and 2009/24/EC, as well as the corresponding rights provided for in Directive 96/9/EC. As

the scope of the exceptions or limitations required by the Marrakesh Treaty also includes

works in audio form, like audiobooks, the mandatory exception provided for under this

Directive should also apply to related rights.

**1** Opinion of the Court of Justice of 14 February 2017, 3/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:114,
paragraph 112.

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(7) This Directive concerns persons who are blind, persons who have a visual impairment

which cannot be improved so as to give them visual function substantially equivalent to

that of a person who has no such impairment, persons who have a perceptual or reading

disability, including dyslexia or any other learning disability preventing them from reading

printed works to substantially the same degree as persons without such disability, and

persons who are unable, due to a physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book or to

focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading, insofar

as, as a result of such impairments or disabilities, those persons are unable to read printed

works to substantially the same degree as persons without such impairments or disabilities.

This Directive therefore aims to improve the availability of books, including e-books,

journals, newspapers, magazines and other writings, 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. Accessible formats include, for example, Braille, large print, adapted e-books,

audio books and radio broadcasts.

(8) The mandatory exception provided for in this Directive should limit the right of

reproduction so as to allow for any act that is necessary in order to make changes to or

convert or adapt a work or other subject-matter in such a way as to produce an accessible

format copy that makes it possible for beneficiary persons to access that work or other

subject-matter. This includes providing the necessary means to navigate information in an

accessible format copy. It also includes changes that might be required in cases in which

the format of a work or of other subject-matter is already accessible to certain beneficiary

persons while it might not be accessible for other beneficiary persons, due to different

impairments or disabilities, or the different degree of such impairments or disabilities.

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(9) The permitted uses laid down in this Directive should include the making of accessible

format copies by either beneficiary persons or authorised entities serving their needs,

whether those authorised entities be public or private organisations, in particular libraries,

educational establishments and other non-profit organisations, that serve persons with a

print disability as one of their primary activities, institutional obligations or as part of their

public interest missions. The uses laid down in this Directive should also include the

making of accessible format copies, for the exclusive use of beneficiary persons, by a

natural person who does so on behalf of a beneficiary person or who assists the beneficiary

person making such copies. Accessible format copies should only be made of works or

other subject-matter to which beneficiary persons or authorised entities have lawful access.

Member states should ensure that any contractual provision which seeks to prevent or limit

the application of the exception in any way is void of legal effect.

(10) The exception provided for in this Directive should allow authorised entities to make and

disseminate, online and offline within the Union, accessible format copies of works or

other subject-matter covered by this Directive. This Directive should not impose an

obligation on authorised entities to make and disseminate such copies.

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(11) It should be possible for accessible format copies made in one Member State to be

available in all Member States, in order to ensure their greater availability across the

internal market. This would reduce the demand for duplication of work in producing

accessible format copies of one and the same work or other subject-matter across the

Union, thus generating savings and efficiency gains. This Directive should therefore ensure

that accessible format copies made by authorised entities in any Member State can be

circulated and accessed by beneficiary persons and authorised entities throughout the

Union. In order to foster such cross-border exchange and to facilitate authorised entities’

mutual identification and cooperation, the voluntary sharing of information regarding the

names and contact details of authorised entities established in the Union, including web

sites if available, should be encouraged. Member States should therefore provide the

information received from authorised entities to the Commission. This should not imply an

obligation for Member States to check the completeness and accuracy of such information

or its compliance with their national law transposing this Directive. Such information

should be made available online by the Commission on a central information access point

at Union level. This would also assist authorised entities, as well as beneficiary persons

and rightholders in contacting authorised entities to receive further information, in line

with the provisions set out in this Directive and in Regulation (EU) 2017/… of the

European Parliament and of the Council **[1+]** .

**1** Regulation (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … on the crossborder exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of
certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the
benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled (OJ L …).
**+** OJ please insert the reference to the Regulation contained in document 2016/0279(COD).

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The aforementioned central information access point should be complementary to the

information access point to be established by the International Bureau of the World

Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), as provided for in the Marrakesh Treaty,

aiming to facilitate the identification of, and cooperation among, authorised entities at

international level.

(12) In order to improve the availability of accessible format copies and to prevent the

unauthorised dissemination of works or other subject-matter, authorised entities which

engage in the distribution, communication to the public or making available to the public

of accessible format copies should comply with certain obligations.

(13) Authorisation or recognition requirements that Member States may apply to authorised

entities, such as those related to the provision of services of a general nature to beneficiary

persons, should not have the effect of preventing entities that are covered by the definition

of authorised entity under this Directive from undertaking the uses allowed under this

Directive.

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(14) In view of the specific nature of the exception provided for under this Directive, its specific

scope and the need for legal certainty for its beneficiaries, Member States should not be

allowed to impose additional requirements for the application of the exception, such as the

prior verification of the commercial availability of works in accessible formats, other than

those laid down in this Directive. Member States should only be allowed to provide for

compensation schemes regarding the permitted uses of works or other subject-matter by

authorised entities. In order to avoid burdens for beneficiary persons, prevent barriers to

the cross-border dissemination of accessible format copies and excessive requirements on

authorised entities, it is important that the possibility for Member States to provide for such

compensation schemes be limited.

Consequently, compensation schemes should not require payments by beneficiary persons.

They should only apply to uses by authorised entities established in the territory of the

Member State providing for such a scheme and they should not require payments by

authorised entities established in other Member States or third countries that are parties to

the Marrakesh Treaty. Member States should ensure that there are not more burdensome

requirements for the cross-border exchange of accessible format copies under such

compensation schemes than for non-cross border situations, including with regard to the

form and possible level of compensation. When determining the level of compensation,

due account should be taken of the non-profit nature of the activities of authorised entities,

of the public interest objectives pursued by this Directive, of the interests of beneficiaries

of the exception, of the possible harm to rightholders and of the need to ensure

cross-border dissemination of accessible format copies. Account should also be taken of

the particular circumstances of each case, resulting from the making of a particular

accessible format copy. Where the harm to a rightholder is minimal, no obligation for

payment of compensation should arise.

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(15) It is essential that any processing of personal data under this Directive respect fundamental

rights, including the right to respect for private and family life and the right to protection of

personal data under Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter, and it is imperative that any such

processing also be in compliance with Directives 95/46/EC **[1]** and 2002/58/EC **[2]** of the

European Parliament and the Council, which govern the processing of personal data, as

may be carried out by authorised entities within the framework of this Directive and under

the supervision of the Member Statesʼ competent authorities, in particular the public

independent authorities designated by the Member States.

(16) The UNCRPD, to which the Union is a party, guarantees persons with disabilities the right

of access to information and education and the right to participate in cultural, economic

and social life, on an equal basis with others. The UNCRPD requires parties to the

Convention to take all appropriate steps, in accordance with international law, to ensure

that laws protecting intellectual property rights do not constitute an unreasonable or

discriminatory barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural materials.

**1** Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on
the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free
movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31). That Directive will be repealed and
replaced, with effect from 25 May 2018, by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with
regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and
repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016,
p. 1).
**2** Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002
concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic
communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201,
31.7.2002, p. 37).

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(17) Under the Charter, all forms of discrimination, including on grounds of disability, are

prohibited and the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to

ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life

of the community is recognised and respected by the Union.

(18) With the adoption of this Directive, the Union aims to ensure that beneficiary persons have

access to books and other printed material in accessible formats across the internal market.

Accordingly, this Directive is an essential first step in improving access to works for

persons with disabilities.

(19) The Commission should assess the situation regarding the availability in accessible formats

of works and other subject-matter other than those covered by this Directive, as well as the

availability of works and other subject-matter in accessible formats for persons with other

disabilities. It is important that the Commission review the situation in that regard closely.

Changes to the scope of this Directive could be considered, if necessary, on the basis of a

report presented by the Commission.

(20) Member States should be allowed to continue to provide for an exception or limitation for

the benefit of persons with a disability in cases which are not covered by this Directive, in

particular as regards works and other subject-matter and disabilities other than those

covered by this Directive, pursuant to point (b) of Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC.

This Directive does not prevent Member States from providing for exceptions or

limitations to rights that are not harmonised in the copyright framework of the Union.

(21) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in

particular by the Charter and the UNCRPD. This Directive should be interpreted and

applied in accordance with those rights and principles.

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(22) The Marrakesh Treaty imposes certain obligations regarding the exchange of accessible

format copies between the Union and third countries that are parties to that Treaty. The

measures taken by the Union to fulfil those obligations are contained in Regulation

(EU) 2017… **[+]** which should be read in conjunction with this Directive.

(23) Since the objective of this Directive namely to improve access in the Union to works and

other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for persons who are blind,

visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled cannot be sufficiently achieved by the

Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at

Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of

subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the

principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond

what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(24) In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of 28 September 2011 of Member States

and the Commission on explanatory documents **[1]**, Member States have undertaken to

accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one or

more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the

corresponding parts of national transposition instruments. With regard to this Directive, the

legislator considers the transmission of such documents to be justified,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

**+** OJ please insert the reference to the Regulation contained in document 2016/0279(COD).
**1** OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14.

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_Article 1_

_Subject matter and scope_

This Directive aims to further harmonise the Union law applicable to copyright and related rights in

the framework of the internal market, by establishing rules on the use of certain works and other

subject-matter without the authorisation of the rightholder, for the benefit of persons who are blind,

visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled.

_Article 2_

_Definitions_

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘work or other subject-matter’ means a work in the form of a book, journal, newspaper,

magazine or other kind of writing, notation including sheet music, and related illustrations,

in any media, including in audio form such as audiobooks and in digital format, which is

protected by copyright or related rights and which is published or otherwise lawfully made

publicly available;

(2) ‘beneficiary person’ means, regardless of any other disabilities, a person who:

(a) is blind;

(b) has a visual impairment which cannot be improved so as to give the person visual

function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment, and

who is, as a result, unable to read printed works to substantially the same degree as a

person without such an impairment;

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(c) has a perceptual or reading disability and is, as a result, unable to read printed works

to substantially the same degree as a person without such disability; or

(d) is otherwise unable, due to a physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book or to

focus or move their eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading.

(3) ‘accessible format copy’ means a copy of a work or other subject-matter in an alternative

manner or form that gives a beneficiary person access to the work or other subject-matter,

including allowing such person to have access as feasibly and comfortably as a person

without any of the impairments or disabilities referred to in point 2;

(4) ‘authorised entity’ means an entity that is authorised or recognised by a Member State to

provide education, instructional training, adaptive reading or information access to

beneficiary persons on a non-profit basis. It also includes a public institution or non-profit

organisation that provides the same services to beneficiary persons as one of its primary

activities, institutional obligations or as part of its public-interest missions.

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_Article 3_

_Permitted uses_

1. Member States shall provide for an exception to the effect that no authorisation of the

rightholder of any copyright or related right in a work or other subject-matter is required

pursuant to Articles 5 and 7 of Directive 96/9/EC, Articles 2, 3 and 4 of

Directive 2001/29/EC, Article 1(1), Article 8(2) and (3) and Article 9 of

Directive 2006/115/EC and Article 4 of Directive 2009/24/EC for any act necessary for:

(a) a beneficiary person, or a person acting on their behalf, to make an accessible format

copy of a work or other subject-matter to which the beneficiary person has lawful

access for the exclusive use of the beneficiary person; and

(b) an authorised entity to make an accessible format copy of a work or other

subject-matter to which it has lawful access or to communicate, make available,

distribute or lend an accessible format copy to a beneficiary person or another

authorised entity on a non-profit basis for the purpose of exclusive use by a

beneficiary person.

2. Member States shall ensure that each accessible format copy respects the integrity of the

work or other subject-matter, with due consideration given to the changes required to make

the work accessible in the alternative format.

3. The exception provided for in paragraph 1 shall only be applied in certain special cases

which do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or other subject-matter and do

not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder.

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4. The first, third and fifth subparagraphs of Article 6(4) of Directive 2001/29/EC shall apply

to the exception provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.

5. Member States shall ensure that the exception provided for in paragraph 1 cannot be

overridden by contract.

6. Member States may provide that uses permitted under this Directive, if undertaken by

authorised entities established in their territory, be subject to compensation schemes within

the limits provided for in this Directive.

_Article 4_

_Accessible format copies in the internal market_

Member States shall ensure that an authorised entity established in their territory may carry out the

acts referred to in point (b) of Article 3(1) for a beneficiary person or another authorised entity

established in any Member State. Member States shall also ensure that a beneficiary person or an

authorised entity established in their territory may obtain or may have access to an accessible

format copy from an authorised entity established in any Member State.

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_Article 5_

_Obligations of authorised entities_

1. Member States shall provide that an authorised entity established in their territory carrying

out the acts referred to in Article 4 establishes and follows its own practices to ensure that

it:

(a) distributes, communicates and makes available accessible format copies only to

beneficiary persons or other authorised entities;

(b) takes appropriate steps to discourage the unauthorised reproduction, distribution,

communication to the public or making available to the public of accessible format

copies;

(c) demonstrates due care in, and maintains records of, its handling of works or other

subject-matter and of accessible format copies thereof; and

(d) publishes and updates, on its website if appropriate, or through other online or offline

channels, information on how it complies with the obligations laid down in points (a)

to (c).

Member States shall ensure that the practices referred to in the first subparagraph are

established and followed in full respect of the rules applicable to the processing of personal

data of beneficiary persons referred to in Article 7.

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2. Member States shall ensure that an authorised entity established in their territory carrying

out the acts referred to in Article 4 provides the following information in an accessible

way, on request, to beneficiary persons, other authorised entities or rightholders:

(a) the list of works or other subject-matter for which it has accessible format copies and

the available formats; and

(b) the name and contact details of the authorised entities with which it has engaged in

the exchange of accessible format copies pursuant to Article 4.

_Article 6_

_Transparency and exchange of information_

1. Member States shall encourage authorised entities established in their territory carrying out

the acts referred to in Article 4 of this Directive and Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation

(EU) 2017/… **[+]** to communicate to them, on a voluntary basis, their names and contact

details.

2. Member States shall provide the information they have received pursuant to paragraph 1 to

the Commission. The Commission shall make such information publicly available online

on a central information access point and keep it up to date.

**+** OJ please insert the reference to the Regulation contained in document 2016/0279(COD).

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_Article 7_

_Protection of personal data_

The processing of personal data carried out within the framework of this Directive shall be carried

out in compliance with Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.

_Article 8_

_Amendment to Directive 2001/29/EC_

In Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC, point (b) is replaced by the following:

ʻ(b) uses, for the benefit of people with a disability, which are directly related to the disability

and of a non-commercial nature, to the extent required by the specific disability, without

prejudice to the obligations of Member States under Directive (EU) 2017/…* **[+]** ];

______________

- Directive (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … 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 impaired 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 (OJ L …).ʼ.

**+** OJ please insert the reference to this Directive (document 2016/0278(COD)).

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_Article 9_

_Report_

By … [three years after the date of entry into force], the Commission shall present a report to the

European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the

availability, in accessible formats, of works and other subject-matter other than those defined in

point 1 of Article 2 for beneficiary persons, and of works and other subject-matter for persons with

disabilities other than those referred to in point 2 of Article 2, in the internal market. The report

shall take into account developments concerning relevant technology and shall contain an

assessment of the appropriateness of broadening the scope of this Directive in order to improve

access to other types of works and other subject-matter and to improve access for persons with

disabilities other than those covered by this Directive.

_Article 10_

_Review_

1. By … [six years after the date of entry into force], the Commission shall carry out an

evaluation of this Directive and present the main findings in a report to the

European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee,

accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for amending this Directive. Such

evaluation shall include an assessment of the impact of compensation schemes provided

for by Member States pursuant to Article 3(6) on the availability of accessible format

copies for beneficiary persons and on their cross-border exchange. The Commission's

report shall take into account the views of relevant civil society actors and of

non-governmental organisations, including organisations representing persons with

disabilities and those representing older persons.

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2. Member States shall provide the Commission with the necessary information for the

preparation of the report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the preparation of the

report referred to in Article 9.

3. A Member State that has valid reasons to consider that the implementation of this Directive

has had a significant negative impact on the commercial availability of works or other

subject-matter in accessible formats for beneficiary persons may bring the matter to the

attention of the Commission providing all relevant evidence. The Commission shall take

that evidence into account when drawing up the report referred to in paragraph 1.

_Article 11_

_Transposition_

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions

necessary to comply with this Directive by … [12 months after the date of entry into force

of this Directive]. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the

Commission.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive

or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.

Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of

national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

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_Article 12_

_Entry into force_

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

_Official Journal of the European Union_ .

_Article 13_

_Addressees_

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at …,

_For the European Parliament_ _For the Council_

_The President_ _The President_

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