Reports of Cases

2011 I-05331

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Hoge Raad der Nederlanden – Interpretation of Article 5(2)(b) and (5) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10) – Reproduction rights – Fair compensation – Distance selling between two persons residing in two different Member States – Legislation not permitting the recovery of compensation

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : paragraphs 4, 19
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2LB : paragraphs 1, 5, 18 - 41
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P5 : paragraphs 1, 6, 18 - 41
• Directive 2001/29 -C10 : paragraphs 3, 32
• Directive 2001/29 -C31 : paragraphs 3, 25
• Directive 2001/29 -C32 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2001/29 -C35 : paragraphs 3, 33
• Directive 2001/29 -C38 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraphs 3, 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -467/08 : paragraphs 22, 24 - 28

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05P2LB
• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05P5

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 28 : points 3, 28, 29, 31
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 30 : points 3, 28 - 31
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : points 2, 25
  
• Directive 2001/29 : points 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 29, 32 - 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 53, 55, 58
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : points 5, 18, 19, 25, 26, 35, 42
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05 : points 6, 41, 42, 44, 45
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2 : points 25, 26
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2LB : points 1, 17, 22, 26, 28, 58, 63
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P5 : points 1, 17, 37, 63
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C1 : point 28
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C3 : point 28
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C6 : point 28
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C35 : points 4, 45
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C38 : point 4
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C39 : point 4
  
• Regulation 44/2001 : points 49, 50, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/93 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/04 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -479/04 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -555/07 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -467/08 : points 1, 21 - 24, 26, 38, 45, 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -585/08 : point 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -98/09 : point 40
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 25/11/2009

Date of the Opinion

• 10/03/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/06/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 24 from 30.01.2010, p.38

Judgment: OJ C 232 from 06.08.2011, p.7

Name of the parties

Stichting de Thuiskopie

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Reber, Ulrich: EuGH: Generalanwalt bejaht Vergütungspflicht für Speichermedien und -geräte im grenzüberschreitenden Versandhandel teilweise, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2011 p.150 (DE)
2. Sujecki, Bartosz: EuGH: Angemessener Ausgleich auch bei grenzüberschreitendem Vertrieb geschuldet, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2011 p.298 (DE)
3. Trézéguet, Marlène: Pas d'exception de copie privée sans compensation équitable !, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2011 nº 73 p.25-26 (FR)
4. Bellezza, Marco: Diritto d'autore. Prelievo per copia privata e individuazione del debitore, Giurisprudenza italiana 2011 p.1501-1502 (IT)
5. Müller, Stefan: Die Ergebnispflicht des deutschen Gesetzgebers zur Gewährleistung der praktischen Durchsetzung von Ansprüchen nach den §§ 54 ff. UrhG, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2011 p.631-634 (DE)
6. Idot, Laurence: Droits d'auteur et exception de copie privée. La Cour précise le régime de la compensation équitable en cas d'exception de copie privée lorsque les supports sont vendus sur Internet par un opérateur établi dans un autre État membre, Europe 2011 Août-Sept. Comm. nº 8-9 p.38-39 (FR)
7. Angelopoulos, Evangelos: I apofasi "TeliaSonera" os exelixi tis nomologiakis thesis tou DEK gia ti sympiesi perithoriou timon (margin squeeze), Dikaio Meson Enimerosis & Epikoinonias 2011 p.436-437 (EL)
8. Hugenholtz, P.B.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2011 nº 510 (NL)
9. Kröber, Christian: Pflicht zur Sicherstellung einer Urheberentschädigung bei Zulassung von Privatkopien, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2011 p.911-912 (DE)
10. Colangelo, Giuseppe: Copia privata ed equo compenso per gli autori alla luce della recente giurisprudenza comunitaria, Giurisprudenza commerciale 2011 II p.1288-1298 (IT)
11. Cogo, Alessandro: Copia privata e commercio transfrontaliero di supporti di registrazione, Giurisprudenza italiana 2012 p.830-835 (IT)
12. Spoor, J.H.: AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2012 p.271 (NL)
13. Romițan, Gheorghe ; Marinescu, Ana Maria: Curtea de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene (Camera a treia), cauza C-462/09, Hotărârea din 16 iunie 2011, Revista Romana de Dreptul Proprietatii Intelectuale 2012 p.248-261 (RO)
14. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2012 p.416-419 (IT)
15. Vaal, Eliette F.: On the question of which person is responsible for the payment of private copying levy, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.139-144 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Copyright and related rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English