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IP/N/1/IRL/C/15  
 
5 May 2023  
(23-3209)  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 : EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS) REGULATIONS 2004 
(S.I. NO. 16 OF 2004)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title European Communities (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2004 
(S.I. No. 16 of 2004)  
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_09490_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/IRL/C/3  
Brief description o f the notified legal text  
 
This instrument completes the transposition into Irish law of Directive 2001/29/EC on the 
Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society. While 
Ireland was already in substantial compliance with this Directive t hrough the enactment of the 
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, the Order makes a small number of amendments to the 
2000 Act to ensure it fully achieves the result intended by the Directive.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  19 January 2004  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  5 April 2023  IP/N/1/IRL/42 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/15  
 
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  Other information  IP/N/1/EU/C/1  
(Directiv e 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of 
Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment  
 
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.  