France: Transposition of EU Copyright Directive's rules for the use of protected content by online content-sharing service providers
Progress
Current status
adopted
07 Jun 2021 in force
12 May 2021 adopted
Scope
Implementers
France
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Ordinance 2021-580 goes into force
The French implementation of Article 17-23 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market enters into force. The implementation includes the obligation for online content sharing services to make their best effort to ensure uploaded cont…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
implementation
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government
Adoption of Ordinance 2021-580
The French government publishes its implementation of Art. 17-23 of the European Copyright Directive (2019/790). The implementation includes the obligation for online content sharing services to make their best effort to ensure uploaded content resp…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government