European Union directive:
Directive 2006/116/EC Directive on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version)
Made by	European Parliament and European Council
Made under	Arts. 47(2), 55 and 95
Journal reference	L372, 2006-12-27, pp. 12–18
History
Made	12 December 2006
Came into force	17 January 2007
Implementation date	17 January 2007
Preparative texts
Commission proposal
EESC opinion
EP opinion
Reports
Other legislation
Replaces	93/98/EEC
Amends	—
Amended by	—
Replaced by	—
Status: Current legislation

Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version)^[1] is a consolidated version of the former EU Directive harmonizing the term of copyright protection, including all amendments made up to and including 2006. It replaces the text of the older directive.

References

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