Databankenwet, Sui Generis Database Right
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In force since 21 July 1999.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not extract or re-utilize the whole or a substantial part of a database's contents without the producer's authorization, and do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts in a way that conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer.
- The right lapses fifteen years after the year the database's production was completed, or after it was first made public if earlier, unless a substantial new investment restarts the term.
- Data obtained from or generated by a connected product or related service within the meaning of Article 43 of the EU Data Act is not protected by this right.
What this law does
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A database producer, defined as the person who bears the investment risk for the database, has the exclusive right to authorize extracting or re-utilizing the whole or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of a database's contents, and to prevent the repeated and systematic extraction or re-utilization of insubstantial parts where that conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.
The right arises when the database's production is completed and lapses fifteen years after 1 January of the following year, or fifteen years from first being made available to the public if that happened earlier; a substantial new investment restarts the term. Circumventing an effective technical protection measure knowing or reasonably suspecting that is unlawful.
Since 21 November 2025, the right does not apply to data obtained from or generated by a connected product or related service within the meaning of Article 43 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (the EU Data Act).
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