document, its translation or its "reuse", it being understood however that the "reuse" may only be made of the result  as a whole and not of the pre-existing materials  taken separately from the result ; for the sake of this provision, "reuse" and "document" have the meaning given by the Commission Decision of 12 December 2011 on the reuse of Commission documents (2011/833/EU). 

All pre-existing rights are licensed to the Union from the moment the results are delivered and approved by the contracting authority. 

The licensing of pre-existing rights to the Union under this contract covers all territories worldwide and is valid for the duration of intellectual property rights protection. 

The payment of the price as set out in this contract is deemed to also include any fees payable to the contractor in relation to the licensing of pre-existing rights  to the Union, including for all forms of exploitation and of use of the results . 

Where implementation of the contract  requires that the contractor uses pre-existing materials belonging to the contracting authority, the contracting authority may request that the contractor signs an adequate licence agreement. Such use by the contractor will not entail any transfer of rights to the contractor and is limited to the needs of this contract. 

The Union acquires the following exclusive rights: 

## II.13.3. Exclusive rights 

(a) reproduction: the right to authorise or prohibit direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction of the results  by any means (mechanical, digital or other) and in any form, in whole or in part; 

(b) communication to the public: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any display, performance or communication to the public, by wire or wireless means, including the making available to the public of the results  in such a way that members of the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them; this also includes the communication on Internet and broadcasting by cable or by satellite; 

(c) distribution: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any form of distribution of results or copies of the results  to the public, by sale or otherwise; 

(d) rental: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit rental or lending of the results or of copies of the results ; 

(e) adaptation: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any modification of the results ; 

(f) translation: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any translation, adaptation, arrangement, creation of derivative works based on the results , and any other alteration of the results , subject to the respect of moral rights of authors, where applicable; 

(g) where the results  are or include a database: the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the extraction of all or a substantial part of the contents of the database to another medium by any means or in any form; and the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the re- utilization of all or a substantial part of the contents of the database by the distribution of copies, by renting, by on-line or other forms of transmission; 

(h) where the results  are or include a patentable subject-matter: the right to register them as a patent and to further exploit such patent to the fullest extent; 

