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Ordonnance n° 03-05, protection des bases de données

Ordonnance n° 03-05 du 19 juillet 2003, art. 5 (bases de données)

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In force since 19 July 2003.

A database right rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 4 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Do not reproduce a database whose choice or arrangement of contents is an original creation without the rightsholder's authorization; Algeria has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual database is not itself protected.
  • Do not rely on the private-use exception for a digital-form reproduction of a database; that exception expressly excludes it.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureYes

Criminal exposure note

Reproducing, importing, exporting, selling, or otherwise circulating an infringing copy of a protected work or database is contrefaçon, punishable by six months to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 1,000,000 DA (art. 153), doubled on recidivism (art. 156).

Penalty structure

Art. 153's fine range for the délit de contrefaçon is 500,000 to 1,000,000 DA, alongside six months to three years' imprisonment; doubled on recidivism under art. 156.

Rule
Fixed only
As of
4 September 2026
Currency
DZD
Fixed cap
1,000,000

Who enforces it

Enforcement body

Office national des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins; ordinary civil and criminal courts

What it reaches

Obligation class

Access restriction

What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

Ordonnance n° 03-05 relative aux droits d'auteur et aux droits voisins protects a database as an original composite work only where the choice or arrangement of its contents constitutes an original creation, the same standard it applies to a collection or anthology of works; Algeria has no separate sui generis database right. Its private-use exception, which otherwise allows a single copy for personal or family use, expressly excludes the digital-form reproduction of a database. Reproducing or communicating a protected work or database without authorization is punishable as contrefaçon.

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Read the law

Ordonnance n° 03-05 du 19 juillet 2003 relative aux droits d'auteur et aux droits voisins
Journal officiel de la République algérienne n° 44

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