Wet van 8 juli 1999, houdende aanpassing van de Nederlandse wetgeing aan richtlijn 96/9/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 11 maart 1996 betreffende de rechtsbescherming van databanken.

This legislative act updates Dutch national law to align with European Directive 96/9/EC. The goal is to harmonize legal protections for databases across the EU, ensuring that creators of databases receive consistent legal safeguards regarding their investments. Database creators and users in the Netherlands are affected. The law establishes clear rules on how databases can be protected from unauthorized extraction or reuse, providing legal certainty for businesses and researchers.