Reports of Cases

2010 I-03091

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Tribunal de grande instance de Paris – Interpretation of Article 6 and Article 8(2) and (3) of Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art (OJ 2001 L 272, p. 32) – Beneficiaries of the resale right after the death of the author of the work – Compliance with Directive 2001/84/EC of a national law which retains, for a period of 70 years, the resale right for the benefit of the heirs of the author, to the exclusion of all legatees and successors in title

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 : paragraph 31
• Directive 2001/84 : paragraphs 18, 20, 27, 31, 33 - 34
• Directive 2001/84 -A01P1 : paragraphs 7, 28
• Directive 2001/84 -A06P1 : paragraphs 1, 20, 22, 24, 26, 35, 36
• Directive 2001/84 -A08P1 : paragraph 9
• Directive 2001/84 -A08P2 : paragraphs 1, 9, 18, 22, 37
• Directive 2001/84 -A08P3 : paragraphs 1, 9, 18, 22, 37
• Directive 2001/84 -A12P1L1 : paragraph 10
• Directive 2001/84 -C10 : paragraphs 4, 27
• Directive 2001/84 -C13 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/84 -C14 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/84 -C15 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/84 -C16 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/84 -C27 : paragraphs 6, 32
• Directive 2001/84 -C3 : paragraphs 3, 27
• Directive 2001/84 -C4 : paragraphs 3, 27
• Directive 2001/84 -C9 : paragraphs 4, 27
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -292/82 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -223/98 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/03 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -244/06 : paragraph 21
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/08 : paragraph 25

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2001/84 -A06P1

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 61 : point 50
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 67 : point 50
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 95 : point 50
  
• TFEU, Article 114 : point 50
  
• TFEU, Article 67 : point 50
  
• Directive 93/98 -A01P1 : point 15
  
• Directive 2001/84 : points 2, 33, 34, 42, 43, 52, 56, 60, 64 - 66, 71
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A01P1 : point 12
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A04P1 : point 13
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A04P2 : point 13
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A04P3 : point 13
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A06P1 : points 14, 32
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A08 : points 15, 68
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A08P2 : points 30, 32, 42, 67
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A08P3 : points 30, 32, 42, 67
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A12 : point 16
  
• Directive 2001/84 -A13 : points 16, 68
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C1 : point 7
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C10 : point 9
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C11 : point 9
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C13 : points 9, 10, 58
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C14 : point 9
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C15 : points 9, 10
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C23 : point 9
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C27 : points 11, 50
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C3 : point 7
  
• Directive 2001/84 -C9 : points 8, 59
  
• Directive 2006/116 -A01P1 : point 15
  
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52009PC0154 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -312/93 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -430/93 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -129/96 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -212/04 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -222/06 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/06 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -261/07 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -505/07 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/08 : points 35, 39, 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -115/08 : point 46
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 27/11/2008

Date of the Opinion

• 17/12/2009

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/04/2010

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 32 from 07.02.2009, p.20

Judgment: OJ C 148 from 05.06.2010, p.7

Name of the parties

Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí and VEGAP

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Dönch, Julia: EuGH: Unsicheres Erbe? Folgerechtsvergütung darf auf gesetzliche Erben beschränkt werden, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht - Praxis im Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht 2010 p.200 (DE)
2. Castellaneta, Marina: Diritto d'autore: dopo la morte dell'artista allo Stato il compito di individuare i beneficiari, Guida al Diritto 2010 nº 20 p.104-106 (IT)
3. Schulze, Gernot: Anspruch auf Folgerechtsvergütungen bei Tod des Urhebers, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2010 p.529-530 (DE)
4. Marino, Laure: L'affaire Dalí, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2010 nº 510 p.950 (FR)
5. Idot, Laurence: Droit de suite, Europe 2010 Juin Comm. nº 216 p.28-29 (FR)
6. Marino, Laure: Propriété littéraire et artistique. Affaire Dali: l'esprit de clocher de la dévolution successorale du droit de suite, Gazette du Palais 2010 nº 181-182 I Jur. p.22-23 (FR)
7. Heun-Rehn, Stefan Lars-Thoren ; Wagner, Eva: Das Folgerecht nach dem Tod des Künstlers - Erste Vorabentscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs, European Law Reporter 2010 p.212-218 (DE)
8. Emile-Zola-Place, Emmanuel: Le régime de dévolution des attributs du droit d'auteur relève de la compétence de chaque Etat membre (A propos de la décision CJUE, 15 avr. 2010), Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2010 nº 152 p.13-14 (FR)
9. Barbelon, Charlotte: La dévolution du droit de suite encore et toujours conflictuelle ..., Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2010 nº 62 p.p.22-25 (FR)
10. Cortés Martín, José Manuel: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Uníon Europea, Enero - Abril 2010, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2010 nº 34 p.1-61 (ES)
11. Adobati, Enrica: Gli Stati membri stabiliscono quali siano i beneficiari del diritto ad un corrispettivo sulle vendite di un'opera d'arte successive al decesso dell'autore, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2010 p.293-295 (IT)
12. Jiménez Blanco, Pilar: Revista española de Derecho Internacional 2010 p.277-280 (ES)
13. Patsalia, Areti-Tania: To dikaioma parakolouthiseos yper tou dimiourgou prototypou ergou technis, Efarmoges Dimosiou Dikaiou 2010 p.1127-1143 (EL)
14. Jiménez Blanco, Pilar: La sucesión de Dalí: ¿quién puede reclamar los derechos de participación de su obra? (Comentario a la STJUE de 15 de abril de 2010, As. C-518/08), Noticias de la Unión Europea 2011 nº 320 p.123-132 (ES)
15. Van Bunnen, Louis: Le droit de suite des artistes, partagé entre droit communautaire et droit international privé, Revue critique de jurisprudence belge 2011 p.194-202 (FR)
16. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2011 p.444-448 (IT)
17. Borrás, Alegría: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea - Sentencia de 15 de abril de 2010, Asunto C-518/08, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, Visual Entidad de Gestión de Artistas Plásticos (VEGAP) c. Société des Auteurs dans les arts graphiques et plastiques (ADAGP), Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2011 nº 1 p.263-269 (ES)
18. Gherghinaru, Raluca: On the categories of persons capable of benefiting from the resale right after the death of the author of a work of art, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.61-65 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris - France

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Copyright and related rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Loi no. 2006-961 du 01/08/2006 Décret no. 2007-756 du 09/05/2007 Code de la propriété intellectuelle, art. L 123-7

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

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English