Article 50

Participants in the same indirect action shall enjoy access rights to foreground, if it is needed to use their own foreground. Subject to agreement, such access rights shall be granted either under fair and reasonable conditions or be royalty-free. Participants in the same indirect action shall enjoy access rights to background, if it is needed to use their own foreground provided that the participant concerned is entitled to grant them. Subject to agreement, such access rights shall be granted either under fair and reasonable conditions or be royalty-free. An affiliated entity established in a Member State or associated country shall also have access rights, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, to foreground or background under the same conditions as the participant to which it is affiliated, unless otherwise provided for in the grant agreement or consortium agreement. A request for access rights under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 may be made up to one year after either of the following events: the end of the indirect action; termination of participation by the owner of the background or foreground concerned. However, the participants concerned may agree on a different time-limit. Subject to the agreement of all the owners concerned, access rights to foreground shall be granted to a RTD performer, on fair and reasonable conditions to be agreed, for the purposes of pursuing further research activities. RTD performers shall grant access on a royalty-free basis, or on fair and reasonable conditions to be agreed prior to the signing of the grant agreement, to background needed to use the foreground generated in the indirect action.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.