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20-12-2021: The President of Estonia promulgates the Act amending the Copyright Act into law.
08-12-2021: The Parliament adopts the Act amending the Copyright Act (transposition of copyright directives) 368 SE
01-06-2021 and 15-06-2021: Draft Act discussed during the meeting of the Parliament’s Committee on Culture
05-05-2021: First reading of the Draft Act in the Parliament
05-04-2021: Ministry of Justice submits draft implementation law to Parliament
15-03-2021: Ministry of Justice publishes final draft implementation law
Draft Implementation Law_15.03.2021.pdf
Draft Implementation Law_15.03.2021 [EN Automatic Translation].pdf
20-10-2020: Ministry of Justice publishes first draft implementation law
Draft Implementation Law_12.10.2020.pdf
February 2020: WMEE sends letter to Ministry of Justice on transposition:
WMEE justiitsministeeriumile DSM direktiivi implementeerimise asjus, 04.02.2021.docx
March 2020: The Ministry has completed their proposal for the implementation law, it is expected to go inter-ministerial consultation and then be proposed to parliament.
May 2019: The Estonian Ministry of Justice asked stakeholders their opinion on the implementation (general questionnaire). WMEE Position Paper:
November 2019: The Ministry held a round table with memory institutions and libraries in order to learn what are their needs regarding the implementation.
Estonia implementation structure