11 Article 5 of Directive 91/250, which provides for exceptions to the restricted acts, reads as follows:

225 However, it must be observed that that legal exception to the acts subject to restrictions, that is to say, to acts requiring the author’s consent, must be interpreted strictly.

7 In Chapter II, Article 6 of that directive, entitled ‘Exceptions to restricted acts’, provides in paragraph (1):

The creator of a database enjoys a group of exclusive rights (restricted acts), e.g. reproduction, alteration, distribution, etc.

The creator of a database enjoys a group of exclusive rights (restricted acts), e.g. reproduction, alteration, distribution, etc.

Whereas Member States are required to ensure that their national provisions are at least materially equivalent in the case of such acts subject to restrictions as are provided for by this Directive;