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IP/N/1/IRL/C/25  
 
20 July 2023  
(23-4940)  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 (ARTIST 'S RESALE RIGHT)  
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2011  
(S.I. NO. 709 OF 2011)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title European Communities (Artist 's Resale Right) (Amendment) 
Regulations  2011 (S.I. No. 709 of 2011)  
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_11051_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/44  
Brief description of the notified  legal text  
 
These Regulations extend the artist 's resale right to those to whom a resale right is transmitted (or 
deemed to be transmitted) after the death of the author of an original work of art. The right is 
extended for a period of 70 years after the death, in respect of sales whose contract date is on or 
after 1 January 2012. The artist 's resale right allows the creators of original works of visual and 
plastic art, through a system of royalty payments, to benefit from resales of those works when t hey 
are sold through the professional art market.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 January 2012; This instrument was signed by the Minister for Jobs, 
Enterprise and Innovation on 22 December 2011 specifying that it will come 
into operation on 1 January 2012.  
 
Other date   Enactment: 22 December 2011  IP/N/1/IRL/77 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/25  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  8 May 2023  
Other information  The European Communities (Artist 's Resale Right) Regulations 2006 (S.I . 312 
of 2006) transpose into Irish law Directive 2001/84/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for 
the benefit of the author of an original work of art. This was to allow creators 
of original works of vi sual and plastic art, through a system of royalty 
payments, to benefit from resales of those works when they are sold through 
the professional art market. This instrument, S.I. No. 709 of 2011, gives 
further effect to provisions contained in that Council D irective (2001/84/EC).  
 
IP/N/1/EU/C/6  
(Directive 2001/84/EC)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and 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.  