COM(1988)816 EU - Directive
Legal protection of computer programs

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official title

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS
 
Legal instrument Directive
reference by COM-number i COM(1988)816
Additional COM-numbers COM(1990)509
CELEX number i 51988PC0816

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Key dates

Document 17-03-1989
Online publication 17-03-1989
Decision 14-05-1991; Richtlijn 1991/250
Publication in Official Journal i 17-05-1991; Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 17 Volume 001,OJ L 122 p. 42-46,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Swedish: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Finnish: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 17 Volume 001,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 17 Volume 001

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