S.L. 415.2 Art. 8Extension of territorial scope of exhaustion of distribution rights.

(1) For the purposes of articles 8 and 20 of the Act,

"market" shall as from the 1st May, 2004 mean the market covered by the EEA Agreement.

(2) Further to article 31 of the Act, the first sale in an EEA state of a copy of a database by the rightholder or with his consent shall exhaust the right to control the resale of that copy.

(3) Further to article 34 of the Act, when a topography or a semiconductor product has been put on the market of an EEA state by the rightholder or with his consent, the exclusive right to authorize or prevent the commercial exploitation or the importation of that topography or of that semiconductor product shall be exhausted.