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Following implementation of  the OECD Open Access Policy, most OECD written content published as of 1 July 2024 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0). This licence permits users to reproduce, distribute and adapt (including translate) the content for any purpose without seeking authorisation from the OECD. Please note that:

Attribution – if you share the work, you must cite it as follows: [OECD (year), Title, URL].

Translation – if you translate the work, you must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image, and must add the following disclaimer along with the attribution to the original work: “In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and the translation, only the text of the original work should be considered valid”.  You must also indicate in the translation if changes were made to the original work.

Adaptation – if you adapt or modify the work, you must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image, and must add the following disclaimer along with the attribution to the original work: “This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries”.

Some OECD written content may be licensed under different terms. You should always check the copyright notice of the written content to confirm which licence applies.  

Unless otherwise stated, the following terms of use apply to content published before 1 July 2024 if owned solely by the OECD. 

Use, copying and distribution – you may use, copy and distribute written content for commercial and non-commercial purposes without seeking authorisation from the OECD, provided you cite the original work as follows: [OECD (year), Title, URL].

Adaptation – you may also adapt written content for commercial or non-commercial purposes without seeking authorisation from the OECD. If you adapt the content, you must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image, and must add the following disclaimer along with the attribution to the original work: “This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries”.

Non-commercial translation – you may translate content for non-commercial purposes without seeking authorisation from the OECD. If you translate the work, you must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image, must indicate if any changes were made to the original work, and must add the following disclaimer along with the attribution to the original work: “In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and the translation, only the text of original work should be considered valid”.

Commercial translation – you must request authorisation to translate OECD written content published before 1 July 2024 for commercial purposes.  Please send your request to comrights[at]oecd.org with the title of the OECD publication and the name and address of the entity requesting authorisation. If granted, authorisation will be free of charge. No exclusive rights will be granted.

Certain OECD written content published before 1 July 2024 is governed by Creative Commons Licences. You should always check the copyright notice of the written content you wish to use for the applicable terms of use. 

You may reproduce and distribute individual OECD Legal Instruments free of charge and without requesting any permissions, as long as you do not alter them in any way. You may use excerpts of an OECD Legal Instrument, as long as you ensure its legal nature/integrity is preserved and the excerpt is not used out of context or provides incomplete information or otherwise mislead the reader as to its actual legal nature, scope or content. OECD Legal Instruments may not be sold but may be used in the context of commercial activities such as, for example, consulting or training services.

OECD Legal Instruments are available in the two OECD official languages (English and French). Translations into other languages may be available on the website, but the only official texts remain the English and French versions.

You may translate OECD Legal Instruments and related information and documents provided in the Compendium into other languages, as long as the translation is labelled “unofficial translation” and you include the following disclaimer: “This translation has been prepared by [translation author] for informational purpose only and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed by the OECD. The only official versions are the English and French texts available on the OECD website https://legalinstruments.oecd.org."

We encourage you to provide your translation (PDF format) to the OECD, e-mail legal@oecd.org. In doing so, you authorise the OECD to modify your translation as it deems fit and to make it available on OECD Websites.

Except where additional restrictions apply as stated above, you can extract from, download, copy, adapt, print, distribute, share and embed Data for any purpose, even for commercial use. You must give appropriate credit to the OECD by using the citation associated with the relevant Data, or, if no specific citation is available, you must cite the source information using the following format: OECD (year), (dataset name),(data source) DOI or URL (accessed on (date)). When sharing or licensing work created using the Data, you agree to include the same acknowledgment requirement in any sub-licenses that you grant, along with the requirement that any further sub-licensees do the same.

The availability of the Data is contingent upon the availability of the OECD’s corresponding resources, whose capacity is subject to change at any time. The OECD may monitor your use of the Data and reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without limitation, to modify the amount of Data you may request in a single query, to modify the number of queries you may make over a specified time, to remove certain Data and to alter the file formats in which Data are available.

You may use one or more OECD-developed application programming interfaces (“APIs”) to facilitate access to the Data. APIs are made available on an “as-is” basis, and use of an API is at your own risk. In particular, but without limitation, the OECD disclaims all warranties as to an API’s compatibility with your hardware and software and accepts no liability for any damages or claims arising out of or in connection with your use of an API and/or the underlying Data accessed through an API. For the avoidance of doubt, the OECD accepts no obligation to provide technical, administrative or other support in connection with the APIs or for any other purpose. The OECD may decide to suspend or terminate the provision of the APIs and API-accessible Data at any time.

The OECD may release updated versions of the APIs from time to time and at its sole discretion. Once the OECD releases updated versions, previous APIs may no longer function properly, and you therefore agree, for each API, to use the most up-to-date version available.

You agree not to modify, distribute, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or perform any similar action on the APIs or any of their portions or components.

The OECD reserves the right to limit or suspend any user’s IP address access to the APIs at any time and without notice for any reason, including if the OECD determines that you are using or are attempting to use the Data and/or the APIs in violation of these Terms and Conditions in such a way as to harm the OECD or any other party, or if you are placing too great a strain on the infrastructure necessary for making the Data available to a reasonable number of people. You agree not to use any technical means to interfere with the OECD’s monitoring of usage of the above-mentioned resources. The OECD reserves the right to use any technical means to overcome attempted technical interference with usage monitoring. Finally, the Data and the APIs will be unavailable from time to time, at the OECD’s sole discretion, for periodic maintenance.

When entering an API query, the OECD encourages, but does not require, you to register your details so that we can keep you informed of technical updates to the APIs. The information you provide to the OECD during the voluntary registration process will be handled in accordance with the OECD Privacy Policy. Registration in no way impacts the application of these Terms and Conditions on you or the OECD.

As noted above, these Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time. By using an API, you agree to periodically review these Terms and Conditions, to take note of any changes thereto, and to adapt your usage of the API accordingly.