Conditional Access Directive

Directive 98/84/EC
European Union directive
Title	Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access
Made by	European Parliament & Council
Made under	Art. 57(2), 66 & 100a
Journal reference	L320, 1998-11-28, pp. 54–57.
History
Date made	1998-11-20
Came into force	1998-11-28
Implementation date	2000-05-28
Preparative texts
Commission proposal	C14, 1997-10-16, p. 7; C203, 1998-06-30, p. 12
EESC opinion	C129, 1998-04-27, p. 16
EP opinion	C152, 1998-05-18, p. 59
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	Current legislation

Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access is a

internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. The Directive covers "conditional access services", which are defined as television or radio broadcasts or internet services to which "access [...] in an intelligible form is made conditional upon prior individual authorisation" and payment. Examples are pay-per-view and encrypted television

and internet sites which charge for access.

Member States may not restrict the provision of conditional access services which originate in another Member State [Art. 3(2)]. Devices intended to circumvent the access restrictions are prohibited (Art. 4).

The convention formed the basis for the Conditional Access Convention, a convention of the Council of Europe, to which the European Union is a party.

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Summaries of EU legislation > Internal market > Businesses in the internal market > Intellectual property > Directive 98/84/EC
Directive 98/84/EC – text
Directive 98/84/EC – national implementing measures
Directive 98/84/EC – adoption procedure (proposal, preparative texts, amendments made by the institutions etc.)

	Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the European Union
Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 (Customs enforcement)

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