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IP/N/1/CZE/C/7  
 
7 June 2023  
(23-3900)  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  
ACT NO. 429/2022 COLL., AMENDING ACT NO. 121/2000 COLL., ON COPYRIGHT, ON  
RIGHTS RELATED TO THE COPYRIGHT AND ON AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN ACTS  
("THE COPYRIGHT ACT"), AS AMENDED, AND RELATED ACTS  
Notifying Member  CZECH REPUBLIC  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Act No. 429/2022 Coll., amending Act No. 121/2000 Coll., on Copyright, on 
Rights Related to the Copyright and on Amendment of Certain Acts ("the 
Copyright Act"), as amended, and related acts  
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/CZE/23_10042_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP /CZE/23_10042_00_x.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/CZE/C/5 ; IP/N/1/CZE/C/4/Add.1 ; IP/N/1/CZE/C/4  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The new legislation implemented Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the 
Digital Single Market and Directive (EU) 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright 
and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organizations and 
retransmissions of television and radio programs.  
 
The amendment introduced ma ny important provisions adapting the Czech copyright law for the 
digital age, such as:  
 
-  a new right for press publishers vis -à-vis information society services, such as search engines 
 or social networks, to ensure that press publishers share in the pr ofits that these services 
 receive when they use the content created by publishers;  
 
-  a special regulation of the online content -sharing service providers' responsibility for copyright 
 infringement in cases when users of their services upload copyright -protected content;  
 
-  new exceptions and limitations to copyright (e.g. for the text and data mining or digital 
 teaching);  
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  -  a new legal framework for out -of-commerce works, that will make it easier for libraries, 
 museums, galleries and archives to make digiti zed collections accessible online through digital 
 libraries (such as EUROPEANA and other similar projects).  
 
The amendm ent also revised several provisions of the Civil Code on the licensing agreements. For 
example, it introduced a rule that remuneration should be negotiated on a revenue basis and lump -
sum payments should be an exception. The so -called best -seller remunerat ion clause was extended 
and will be applicable also for contracts with lump -sum remuneration. Also, a new information 
obligation of the licensees to provide authors and performers with information on the use of the 
subject  matter and the revenues from it was added as well as the possibility to withdraw from the 
licence agreement if the work is not used.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Czech  
Entry into force  5 January 2023  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  22 May 2023  
Other information  https://mkcr.cz/doc/cms_library/novela -az-c-429_2022 -16214.pdf   
(legal text of the amendment in Czech)  
 
IP/N/1/EU/C/14  
(Directi ve (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market 
and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC)  
 
IP/N/1/EU/C/13  
(Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council o f 
17 April 2019 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related 
rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting 
organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and 
amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Culture - Copyright Department  
 
Email:  adela.faladova@mkcr.cz  
 
Ministry of Industry and Trade - Trade Policy Department  
 
 
 
* 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.  