Nearly all EU Member States have a private copying remuneration system. The EU Copyright Directive does not state in detail how the remuneration system should be set up, leaving the decision to the Member States. Accordingly, there are some differences between the EU Member States.

The following EU Member States have a private copying remuneration system in place: Austria, Belgium, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

The following EU Member States do not currently have a private copying remuneration system, and thus the right to privately copy protected works in these countries is more restricted: Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus.