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{{Infobox EU legislation
|type=Directive
|number=98/84/EC
|title=Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access
|madeby=[[European Parliament]] & [[Council of the European Union|Council]]
|madeunder=Art. 57(2), 66 & 100a
|OJrefurl=
|OJref=L320, 1998-11-28, pp.&nbsp;54&ndash;57.
|made=1998-11-20
|commenced=1998-11-28
|implementation=2000-05-28
|CommProp=C14, 1997-10-16, p.&nbsp;7<br/>C203, 1998-06-30, p.&nbsp;12
|ESCOpin=C129, 1998-04-27, p.&nbsp;16
|ParlOpin=C152, 1998-05-18, p.&nbsp;59
|Reports=&nbsp;
|replaces=—
|amends=—
|amendedby=—
|replacedby=—
|status=Current
}}

'''Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access''' is a [[European Union directive]] in the field of intellectual property law, made under the [[Single European market|internal market]] provisions of the [[Treaty of Rome]]. The Directive covers "conditional access services", which are defined as television or radio broadcasts or internet services to which "access [...] in an intelligible form is made conditional upon prior individual authorisation" and payment. Examples are [[pay-per-view]] and [[encrypted television]] and internet sites which charge for access.

Member States may not restrict the provision of conditional access services which originate in another Member State [Art.&nbsp;3(2)]. Devices intended to circumvent the access restrictions are prohibited (Art.&nbsp;4).

The convention formed the basis for the [[Conditional Access Convention]], a convention of the [[Council of Europe]], to which the European Union is a party.

== External links ==
* [http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/businesses/intellectual_property/l26050_en.htm Summaries of EU legislation > Internal market > Businesses in the internal market > Intellectual property > Directive 98/84/EC]
* [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31998L0084:EN:NOT Directive 98/84/EC – text]
* [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:71998L0084:EN:NOT Directive 98/84/EC – national implementing measures]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=107961 Directive 98/84/EC – adoption procedure] (proposal, preparative texts, amendments made by the institutions etc.)

== See also ==
* [[Copyright law of the European Union]]

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[[Category:Intellectual property law of the European Union]]
[[Category:European Union directives]]
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[[Category:1998 in the European Union]]


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