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IP/N/1/IRL/C/16  
5 May 2023 
(23-3210) 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 : COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004  
(NO. 18 OF 2004)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004 (No. 18 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_09489_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 Act amends Section 40 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No. 28 of 2000) to provide 
that, for the avoidance of doubt, no infringement of any right created by the relevant Part in relation 
to an artistic or literary work occurs by reason of the placing on display of the work, or a copy 
thereof, in a place or premises to which members of the public have access.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  3 June 2004  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  5 April 2023  
Other information   IP/N/1/IRL/43 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/16  
 
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  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.  