**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Article 70 — paragraph 1 — point a

## Text proposed by the Commission

(a) intellectual property rights, and confidential business information or trade secrets of a natural or legal person, including source code, except the cases referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure apply.

(a)

(a)

## Amendment of the European Parliament

(a) intellectual property rights, and confidential business information or trade secrets of a natural or legal person , in accordance with the provisions of Directives 2004/48/EC and 2016/943/EC , including source code, except the cases referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure apply;

intellectual property rights, and confidential business information or trade secrets of a natural or legal person, including source code, except the cases referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure apply.

intellectual property rights, and confidential business information or trade secrets of a natural or legal person , in accordance with the provisions of Directives 2004/48/EC and 2016/943/EC , including source code, except the cases referred to in Article 5 of Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure apply;