Code de droit économique, article XI.216/2, droit voisin des éditeurs de presse
Code de droit économique art. XI.216/2, inséré par la loi du 19 juin 2022 transposant partiellement la directive (UE) 2019/790, art. 15 (Moniteur belge, 1 août 2022)
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In force since 1 August 2022.
A press publishers' right rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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A press publisher established in an EU member state has the sole right to reproduce its press publication and to make it available online for use by an information-society service provider, per Article XI.216/2, paragraph 1.
The publisher and the service provider must negotiate in good faith over that use and the remuneration due, and either may refer an unresolved dispute to the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications, which can decide the remuneration and take a binding administrative decision.
A service provider must give the publisher updated, relevant, and complete information on the number of consultations and the revenue it draws from the publications, on the publisher's written request, so the publisher can value the right, and authors of works integrated into a press publication are entitled to an appropriate, non-transferable share of what publishers collect for the use, set by a collective agreement.
The right does not reach hyperlinking, the use of isolated words or very short extracts of a press publication, or works whose protection has expired. It expires two years after the press publication was first published.
What it reaches
Instrument type
statute
Categories
Publisher right, Linking framing
When LexLint raises it
aggregates_content
Read the law
Belgian Official Gazette, text of the Act of 19 June 2022 amending the Code of Economic Law