Reports of Cases

2006 I-10313

Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Infringement of Articles 1 and 5 of Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (OJ 1992 L 346, p. 16)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 92/100 : paragraphs 27, 29, 30, 41
• Directive 92/100 -A01 : paragraphs 1, 3, 43
• Directive 92/100 -A05 : paragraphs 1, 4, 43
• Directive 92/100 -A05P1 : paragraphs 24, 27, 30 - 32, 34
• Directive 92/100 -A05P3 : paragraphs 24 - 43
• Directive 92/100 -C7 : paragraphs 2, 26, 29
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -73/92 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -200/96 : paragraphs 26, 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -392/96 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -156/98 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/98 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -233/00 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -245/00 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/01 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -433/02 : paragraphs 33, 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/05 : paragraphs 26, 27, 30, 31

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 92/100 -A01
• Reference : Directive 92/100 -A05

Opinion

• Directive 92/100 : points 2, 17 - 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -A01 : points 1, 18, 32
  
• Directive 92/100 -A01P1 : point 4
  
• Directive 92/100 -A01P2 : point 5
  
• Directive 92/100 -A01P3 : point 5
  
• Directive 92/100 -A02 : point 18
  
• Directive 92/100 -A02P1 : point 6
  
• Directive 92/100 -A05 : points 1, 7, 32
  
• Directive 92/100 -A05P1 : points 17 - 19, 24, 29
  
• Directive 92/100 -A05P3 : points 17 - 31
  
• Directive 92/100 -A15P1 : point 8
  
• Directive 92/100 -C1 : point 2
  
• Directive 92/100 -C7 : points 3, 18
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/81 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -209/88 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -144/94 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -71/97 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -333/99 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -140/00 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -433/02 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -53/05 : points 24, 25
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 31/01/2005

Date of the Opinion

• 29/06/2006

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

26/10/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 69 from 19.03.2005, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 326 from 30.12.2006, p.7

Name of the parties

Commission v Spain

Notes on Academic Writings

1. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2007 p.584-585 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

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

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

• Spanish
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English