CEN/CLC Guide 10:2018

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2018
Politika razširjanja, prodaje in avtorskih pravic za publikacije CEN-CENELEC
Policy on dissemination, sales and copyright of CEN-CENELEC Publications
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/CLC Guide 10:2017
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CEN-CENELEC
GUIDE
Policy on dissemination,
sales and copyright of CEN-
CENELEC Publications
Edition 4, 2017-11
(Supersedes CEN-CENELEC Guide 10:2015)

CEN and CENELEC decided to adopt this CEN-CENELEC Guide 10 through CENELEC/AG Decision
AG58/C04 and CEN/AG Resolution AG Resolution 35/2017 both taken by correspondence in
November 2017 respectively.
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Contents Page
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Terms and definitions . 5
3 Guiding principles . 8
4 Copyright . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Copyright ownership . 9
4.3 Exploitation rights . 9
4.4 Protecting copyright . 10
4.5 Copyright statements and watermarking . 10
4.6 Digital Rights Management (DRM) . 11
4.7 Adoption of a Publication of a Standards Developing Organization . 11
5 Distribution and dissemination of Publications . 11
5.1 Fundamental principles . 11
5.2 Role of CCMC . 11
5.3 Role of Members . 11
5.4 Marketing . 12
6 Third party distributors. 13
7 Sponsored access. 13
8 Distribution of CWAs in the R&D and ICT domains (prepayment policy) . 14
9 Reproduction requests received by Members . 14
9.1 Multi-user Licences (Network Licences) and other licences . 14
9.2 Fair practice . 14
9.3 Requests from National Standardization Bodies and National Committees of third
countries and other third parties . 15
10 Reproduction requests received by CCMC . 15
10.1 General . 15
10.2 Fair practice . 15
10.3 Multi-user licenses (Networking licences) and other licences . 15
10.4 Requests from Affiliates, CSBs and National Standardization Bodies and National

Committees of third countries . 15
11 Language Versions . 16
11.1 Official language versions . 16
11.2 Definitive language versions . 16
11.3 Other language versions . 16
Annex A Access to standards paid by a sponsor . 17
Annex B Requests received by CCMC for distribution of European Standards for
implementation or reproduction by Affiliates, CSBs, National Standards Bodies (NSB) and

National Committees (NC) from other third countries and Regional Standards Organizations . 18

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Introduction
The exploitation of copyright in CEN and CENELEC Publications is a main source of income for the
majority of Members and a cornerstone of the sustainability of the CEN-CENELEC standardization
system.
Therefore, sales must be based on commercial principles and conducted in a way that secures the
value and content of the Publications to CEN, CENELEC, their Members and the end users.
Members and all other organizations that sell and disseminate CEN-CENELEC Publications must also
ensure that they do their best to protect the value of CEN-CENELEC Publications.
Compliance with this Guide is mandatory for CEN-CENELEC Members, Affiliates, Companion
Standardization Bodies, the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre, other recognized stakeholders and
any distributor or licensee of these parties.
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1 Scope
This Guide sets out the policy for the copyright, dissemination and sale of CEN-CENELEC
Publications at all stages of their development, together with their national implementations and
national products containing them, in all formats, distributed by all media and in all language versions
in all territories.
This Guide establishes practices in line with competition law and with the World Trade Organization
(WTO) criteria regarding dissemination of adopted standards under the openness criterion and the
criterion on effectiveness and relevance in terms of availability to users.
This Guide replaces CEN-CENELEC Guide 10:2015.
2 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this Guide, the following terms and definitions shall apply:
2.1
affiliate
according to CEN-CENELEC Guide 12 “The concept of Affiliation with CEN and CENELEC”
2.2
available free of charge
making a Publication available to the general public or to any target group without any form of
payment
2.3
CEN-CENELEC
CEN or CENELEC, or CEN and CENELEC jointly, depending on the context
2.4
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre
CCMC
Management Centre of CEN and CENELEC or its staff, according to context

2.5
CEN/CENELEC Workshop
working platform open to the participation of any interested parties for elaboration of CEN/CENELEC
Workshop Agreements (see also CEN-CENELEC Guide 29 on “CEN/CENELEC Workshop
Agreements)
2.6
CEN/CENELEC Workshop Agreement (CWA)
CEN/CENELEC agreement, developed by a Workshop, which reflects the agreement of identified
individuals and organizations responsible for its contents. It is a document made available by
CEN/CENELEC in at least one of the official languages (see CEN-CENELEC Guide 29)

2.7
copyright
rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works (World Intellectual Property Organization
[WIPO] definition)
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definitive language version
publication translated by a CEN-CENELEC Member, Affiliate or Companion Standardization Bodies
from an official language version into its national language(s), the accuracy of which has been certified
in accordance with the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations
2.9
definitive text
text of a Publication disseminated by CCMC, after approval of a CEN-CENELEC Publication
2.10
dissemination
circulation of CEN-CENELEC Publications between CCMC and Members
2.11
distributor
third party appointed by a Member to assist in the national or transnational distribution of Publications,
but not involved in the preparation and drafting of Publications
Note 1 to entry: For the purposes of this Guide, a Member acting as a distributor for another Member shall not
be regarded as a distributor.
2.12
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute, responsible for the development and publication of
European telecommunication standards
2.13
European Standard
EN
normative document adopted and made available by CEN-CENELEC in the three official languages
and disseminated by CCMC to the Members for implementation as an identical national standard, as
referred to in the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 2 Clause 1.2 (see 2.27)
2.14
exploitation right
right given by a rights-holder (licensor) to a third party (licensee) to exploit the content of a
copyrighted work
2.15
fair practice
as recalled in Article 10 of the Berne Convention, condition under which CEN and/or CENELEC and
their Members can allow the use of extracts of their copyrighted Publications by third parties without
payment of royalties
2.16
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission, responsible for the development and publication of
International electrotechnical Standards
Note 1 to entry: All CENELEC Members are members of IEC.

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ISO
International Organization for Standardization, responsible for the development and publication of
International Standards.
Note 1 to entry: All CEN Members are members of ISO.
2.18
Joint Commercial Advisory Group
JCAG
joint committee of CEN and CENELEC advising on all issues relating to the dissemination, sales and
copyright of Publications
2.19
Member
CEN National Standardization Body (NSB) and CENELEC National Committee (NC)
2.20
metadata
data that helps describe or identify Publications, including titles, designations, abstracts, editions,
dates of publications and other descriptive elements, as compiled and structured by CEN-CENELEC
and their Members
2.21
multi user licence (networking licence)
licence granting a customer organization the right to store or access the electronic copy of a
Publication for internal use only and to share the Publication with colleagues based on an agreement
with commercial terms
2.22
national designation
national identification of a Member, not necessarily identical to its acronym, added as a prefix to the
European designation to all pages of the national implementation of a Publication
Note 1 to entry: see CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 3, Annex ZC.2.
2.23
national identifier
Acronym, abbreviation or the name of a Member which is added as national identification to all pages
of any Publication
2.24
national implementation
process of giving a CEN-CENELEC Publication the status of a national publication, identical in
technical content and presentation (except translation) either by publication of an identical text or by
endorsement, as defined in the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 2
2.25
national language
language(s) officially spoken in a national territory
2.26
national territory
country in which a Member, Affiliate, Companion Standardization Bodies or otherwise has its
principal seat of operations, together with any of the country’s territories outside its main boundaries

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2.27
official language version
publication prepared in one of the three official languages of CEN-CENELEC (English, French and
German) in accordance with the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations
2.28
Companion Standardization Body (CSB)
according to CEN-CENELEC Guide 13 “The concept of Companion Standardization Body with CEN
and CENELEC”
2.29
(CEN or CENELEC) Publication
documents as referred to in the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations Part 2 Clause 1.2 (except CEN-
CENELEC Guides) including International Standards implemented as European Standards, together
with their national implementations and definitive language versions, and any other CEN-CENELEC
documents as might be identified
2.30
sponsored access
online read-only access to selected Publications to a specified user group free of charge, prepaid by a
third party sponsor
2.31
regional standards organization
organizations normally composed of National Standardization Bodies (NSB) and/or National
Committees (NC) from countries in a defined region or sub-region of the world, whose primary
activities are to develop, coordinate, produce and distribute regional standards addressed to the users
of that region or sub-region
Note 1 to entry: For example AMN, ARSO, COPANT, EASC, GSO.
2.32
third country
countries and regions in which the National Standardization Body (NSB) or National Committee (NC)
is not a CEN-CENELEC Member, Affiliate or CSB
2.33
R&D domain
Within the context of this Guide refers to those Research and Development projects that are usually
funded by specific programmes of the European Union and/or EFTA, such as under Horizon 2020 or
FP7 programmes.
2.34
XML
Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) defining a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is
both human-readable and machine-readable, enabling multiple publishing options and other
applications for a variety of different purposes
Note 1 to entry: For example print version, PDF, web representations.
3 Guiding principles
3.1 One of the main objectives of CEN and CENELEC and their Members is the widest possible
dissemination and use of their Publications throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The CEN-
CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) and the Members have complementary roles in meeting this
objective.
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3.2 Whilst Members’ activities can be funded in accordance with their local statutes and rules, the
commercial exploitation of the Publications is fundamental to the maintenance and sustainability of
CEN, CENELEC and their Members’ activities.
3.3 CEN and CENELEC are funded primarily by the subscriptions of the Members.
3.4 CEN and CENELEC Publications are voluntary documents containing intellectual property of
demonstrable economic value which are protected by national laws and international agreements,
even where they are supporting public policies or referenced in technical regulations.
3.5 All Members, Affiliates, CSBs, recognized stakeholders and other identified partners have an
obligation to protect the value of the Publications and to ensure that they and their distributors and
licensees are in full compliance with the terms and procedures set out in this Guide
3.6 Any issue that is not covered by this Guide or related documents shall be referred to the CEN-
CENELEC Director General, who may seek the advice of the relevant governing bodies of CEN and
CENELEC.
3.7 The laws of Belgium shall be applicable in all matters concerning copyright, exploitation right,
sales and dissemination of Publications where CEN-CENELEC are directly involved.
4 Copyright
4.1 General
This section complements Clause 9 of the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations - Part 2.
4.2 Copyright ownership
CEN and CENELEC have the copyright in all their respective Publications.
Publications, including their entire content and their associated metadata, as compiled and structured
in the databases of CCMC and the Members, together with their national implementations, are works
constituting individuality and originality and are therefore copyright-protected under the laws of
Belgium, which is the country of origin of the works.
In order to ensure that CEN and CENELEC can claim copyright in all their Publications, all participants
in the CEN-CENELEC Technical bodies, Working Groups and Workshops that develop Publications
assign the copyright in their individual contributions to CEN and CENELEC for the benefit of their
Members by signing copyright assignment statements in accordance with the Belgian law on
copyright.
Copyright may be shared with other organizations (such as ISO, IEC and ETSI) on the basis of
bilateral agreements that may be concluded with these organizations. The terms of any such
agreement shall not deviate from the principles and the sales and dissemination rights set out in this
Guide, except as may be authorized by the respective CEN and CENELEC Boards.
4.3 Exploitation rights
CEN and CENELEC assign the right to exploit Publications to each individual Member by means of a
specific bilateral Exploitation Agreement.
Members have thus the exclusive right within their own territories, and the non-exclusive right in the
territories of third countries, to distribute, sub-distribute, adjust, translate, rent, lend, derive revenue
from duplication and loan, communicate to the public in total or in part, in summary or with comments,
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transfer all exploitation licences and authorize all sub-licences and otherwise exploit the Publications
and their national implementations.
CEN and CENELEC also assign the right to exploit Publications to each Affiliate, CSB and other
identified National Standardization Body and National Committee of third countries, or regional partner
by means of a specific bilateral exploitation agreement and conditions as detailed in Annex B of this
Guide.
Notwithstanding legal obligations of Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified National
Standardization Bodies and National Committees of third countries, such as the provision of
Publications to the national deposit library, all new requests to make Publications publicly accessible
shall be addressed in accordance with Clause 7 and Annex A of this Guide.
It should also be reminded that any public accessibility of a Publication granted by a Member, if any,
does not mean that the copyright in that Publication has been waived by CEN-CENELEC or the
Member.
4.4 Protecting copyright
Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified partners shall exercise the exploitation rights in
accordance with the provisions of this Guide and in a way that:
• protects the integrity and value of the Publications;
• safeguards the interests of CEN-CENELEC and their members;
• recognizes the value of the intellectual property that they contain and the costs of their
development and maintenance to CEN-CENELEC and their Members.
CCMC, Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified partners shall therefore regularly inform users
that Publications are protected by copyright and that this copyright will be enforced, by legal means if
necessary.
They shall also take all reasonable opportunities to inform public authorities and regulators with whom
they come into contact that European Standards and other Publications are copyright protected
documents, developed through a voluntary process and that the reference of European Standards and
other Publications in laws and regulations does not extinguish any copyright asserted by CEN-
CENELEC.
CCMC shall take all actions it deems necessary to protect the copyright of CEN-CENELEC and shall
assist the Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified partners whenever it deems necessary.
4.5 Copyright statements and watermarking
Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified partners shall ensure that all products they sell or
distribute contain an appropriate copyright statement and the identification of the source.
Publications distributed in electronic form (e.g. pdf format), shall carry a watermark setting out at least:
• name of the Member, Affiliate or CSB;
• name of the licensee;
• date of the licence.
In addition, it may include, as appropriate:
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• web store order (order number);
• single user licence only, copying and networking prohibited.
CCMC shall ensure that Publications carry an appropriate personalized watermark when distributing
them to the European Commission and its Agencies and to other identified partners.
4.6 Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other identified partners may, at their own discretion, apply additional
DRM controls to protect Publications against unauthorized copying or networking.
Where one Member, Affiliate or CSB acts as a distributor for another Member, they may be required to
implement these additional DRM protections by mutual agreement of the parties concerned.
4.7 Adoption of a Publication of a Standards Developing Organization
In case CEN or CENELEC decides to adopt a Publication of a Standards Developing Organization
(SDO) with which there is no cooperation agreement in place, CCMC shall assess whether any
potential copyright and other commercial implications with this SDO may arise and, if necessary shall
seek JCAG advice.
5 Distribution and dissemination of Publications
5.1 Fundamental principles
Members, Affiliates, CSBs and other parties involved in the distribution of Publications or products
containing them, in any form or in any language, shall not make them available free of charge.
Any request to make Publications available free of charge shall be referred to the CEN or CENELEC
Administrative Board.
Any distribution arrangement that might conflict with this fundamental principle shall be notified to
CCMC for consideration by the CEN or CENELEC Administrative Board for their approval before it is
implemented.
5.2 Role of CCMC
CCMC is primarily responsible for the dissemination of definitive texts and XML files (or files of a
similar format) to the Members for the purpose of national implementation, and the distribution of
Publications to the European Commission and other specified European agencies and stakeholders.
CCMC is also responsible for the distribution of definitive texts to Affiliates, CSBs and National
Standardization Bodies,National Committees and other regional standardization bodies of third
countries as detailed in Annex B of this Guide.
5.3 Role of Members
5.3.1 General
Members are primarily responsible for distributing Publications in their own territories and have a
secondary responsibility for distributing their national implementation in the territories of third
countries.
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Members must implement European Standards as national standards in accordance with CEN-
CENELEC Internal Regulations and are licensed to distribute their national implementation in
accordance with this Guide.
Members are also licensed to produce products and services containing Publications and to sell them
in accordance with this Guide.
5.3.2 Dissemination of working drafts of Publications
The dissemination of all working drafts of Publications prior to Public Enquiry is restricted to the
participants and observers in the relevant technical bodies.
5.3.3 Distribution of drafts for Public Enquiry
Drafts for Public Enquiry must be distributed in a way that meets the requirements of the enquiry
process. They may be made available free of charge from the Member’s web site or from a dedicated
public commenting site for the duration of the enquiry period, after which they may be distributed on
the Member’s normal commercial terms. Drafts for Public Enquiry distributed in hard copy may be
subject to a handling charge at the Member’s discretion.
5.3.4 Dissemination of final drafts for approval
The dissemination of final drafts for approval is restricted to the participants and observers in the
relevant technical bodies. Only in exceptional cases final drafts for approval may
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