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§ 1 Copyright / scope of use

1. The Iris software (including the user interface and all data banks) issued by BfArM is considered an "other official publication" in the sense of § 5 (2) German Copyright Act (UrhG).
2. By observing the prohibition of alterations (§ 62 UrhG) and the instruction to cite the references (§ 63 UrhG) the right to use regarding these publications is available to you.
3. The person acquiring these data (under paragraph 1) is not authorised to pass them along to third parties in their acquired format, either in excerpts or in their entirety. The person acquiring these data is not authorised to produce or sell, in excerpts or in their entirety, added-value products that were derived from the format.

§ 2 Modifications

Reverse engineering is not permitted.

§ 3 Warranty and liability

For damage that is caused by mistakes during creation or processing of the delivered publications, BfArM shall only be held liable to the extent that it is charged with intent or gross negligence. Only compensation for immediate damage shall be owed.

§ 4 Third-party rights

Iris version 4 and 5: The Iris software uses the ICD 10 codes and titles of World Health Organisation (WHO). It is not allowed to duplicate and distribute the ICD 10 WHO contents. All rights of the ICD 10 WHO are at the WHO. The use of ICD 10 WHO requires an agreement with the WHO. Please contact the WHO for the conclusion of a license agreement.

Iris version 6: The Iris software uses ICD-11 codes, code titles and ICD-API of World Health Organisation (WHO). All rights of the ICD-11 are copyright reserved by WHO. Please check the Terms of Use and License Agreement for ICD-11 of WHO at: https://icd.who.int/en

The ICD-11 Reference Guide contains information about the copyrights (section 0.1 Copyright page). International Classification of Diseases Eleventh Revision (ICD-11). Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. License: CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO.

Copyright for the ICD-11 Software (ICD-API, locally deployable versions of the ICD-API, ICD-11 Embedded Coding Tool). WHO has developed and retains all rights in the ICD-11 Software. The Software is copyright (©) World Health Organization, 2020 and is distributed under the terms of this Agreement. All rights not granted herein are reserved by WHO.