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Database reuse: extraction rights and licences

Published data is not a universal permission to extract and reuse a database. France's public-information, database and personal-data rules must be distinguished from Swiss conditions. Keep provenance, licence version, intended extraction, attribution and commercial-use restrictions together. Open-source software licensing is a different subject; public-portal conditions also do not establish all rights in a privately assembled database.

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What protection applies in France?

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CPI L341-1 concerns qualifying substantial investment. L342-1 and L342-2 address distinct substantial or repeated extraction scenarios.

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Your question concerns “Database reuse: extraction rights and licences”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?

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Which database is being reused?

Identify maker, provenance, contents and access method. Public visibility is not a universal reuse licence.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

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Point to complete: Licence and reuse. Check users, purposes, redistribution and limits. An API key or subscription does not necessarily permit republication.

Database provenance
Record available
Claimed investment or rights
Record available
Proposed extraction
Record available
Licence and reuse
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  1. What does the licence authorise?

This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.

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What protection applies in France?

CPI L341-1 concerns qualifying substantial investment. L342-1 and L342-2 address distinct substantial or repeated extraction scenarios.

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What will the extraction actually do?

Describe quantity, qualitative importance, repetition and public availability. Technical access alone does not answer these questions.

Comparison

Which documents answer which questions?

Which documents answer which questions?
Record or informationIssue to check
Database provenanceIdentify maker, provenance, contents and access method. Public visibility is not a universal reuse licence.
Claimed investment or rightsCPI L341-1 concerns qualifying substantial investment. L342-1 and L342-2 address distinct substantial or repeated extraction scenarios.
Proposed extractionDescribe quantity, qualitative importance, repetition and public availability. Technical access alone does not answer these questions.
Licence and reuseCheck users, purposes, redistribution and limits. An API key or subscription does not necessarily permit republication.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

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What does the licence authorise?

Check users, purposes, redistribution and limits. An API key or subscription does not necessarily permit republication.

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Does Switzerland use the same database right?

No equivalent EU-style right is established here. Swiss LDA4 concerns individual selection or arrangement; LCD 5(c) addresses its own technical-reproduction circumstances.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

Answer

Can public-sector information be freely republished?

France's CRPA reuse rules have conditions and third-party-right limits. Personal-data and other underlying rights require a separate assessment.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

The law

Which official provision helps explain this situation?

Le producteur d'une base de données, entendu comme la personne qui prend l'initiative et le risque des investissements correspondants, bénéficie d'une protection du contenu de la base lorsque la constitution, la vérification ou la présentation de celui-ci atteste d'un investissement financier, matériel ou humain substantiel.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1In force since 1 January 1998Read on Légifrance

In plain English: No equivalent EU-style right is established here. Swiss LDA4 concerns individual selection or arrangement; LCD 5(c) addresses its own technical-reproduction circumstances.

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How can the project be described proportionately?

Provide a lawful sample, proposed method, volume and frequency. Do not scrape the whole resource merely to illustrate a possible project.

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What does the provenance worksheet establish?

It connects claimed rights, proposed extraction and permission records. It does not certify every datum or every downstream use as unrestricted.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

What protection applies in France?

CPI L341-1 concerns qualifying substantial investment. L342-1 and L342-2 address distinct substantial or repeated extraction scenarios.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

What does the licence authorise?

Check users, purposes, redistribution and limits. An API key or subscription does not necessarily permit republication.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

Does Switzerland use the same database right?

No equivalent EU-style right is established here. Swiss LDA4 concerns individual selection or arrangement; LCD 5(c) addresses its own technical-reproduction circumstances.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

How can the project be described proportionately?

Provide a lawful sample, proposed method, volume and frequency. Do not scrape the whole resource merely to illustrate a possible project.

Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1231.1 : Art. 4 Recueils241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiCNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

  1. Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L341-1Légifrance
  2. Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-1Légifrance
  3. Code de la propriété intellectuelle art. L342-2Légifrance
  4. Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-1Légifrance
  5. Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L321-2Légifrance
  6. Code des relations entre le public et l’administration art. L322-1Légifrance
  7. 231.1 : Art. 4 RecueilsFedlex
  8. 241 : Art. 5 Exploitation d’une prestation d’autruiFedlex
  9. CNIL : Comment réutiliser les données diffusées ?Source officielle

Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026

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