Council of the European Union and European Parliament 16 December 2025, Regulation (EU) 2025/2645 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2025 on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 1. Objective and subject matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. General conditions for granting a Union compulsory licence
Article 5. General requirements concerning a Union compulsory licence
Article 6. Competent advisory body
Article 7. Procedure for granting a Union compulsory licence
Article 8. Content of the Union compulsory licence
Article 9. Remuneration
Article 10. Obligations of the licensee
Article 11. Prohibition of export
Article 12. Customs control
Article 13. Conduct of the right holder and the licensee
Article 14. Review and termination of the Union compulsory licence
Article 15. Fines
Article 16. Periodic penalty payments
Article 17. Limitation period for the imposition of fines and periodic penalty payments
Article 18. Limitation period for the enforcement of fines and periodic penalty payments
Article 19. Right to be heard and access to the file in the procedure for imposing fines or periodic penalty payments
Article 20. Publication of decisions on fines and periodic penalty payments
Article 21. Review of fines or periodic penalty payments by the Court
Article 22. Reporting on national compulsory licences
Article 23. Committee procedure
Article 24. Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 816/2006
Article 25. Evaluation
Article 26. Entry into force

Official Journal
of the European Union

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2025/2645

30.12.2025

REGULATION (EU) 2025/2645 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2025

on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the

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