15.6.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 171/10


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 14 March 2013 — Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG

(Case C-117/13)

2013/C 171/19

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Technische Universität Darmstadt

Defendant: Eugen Ulmer KG

Questions referred

1.

Is use subject to purchase or licensing terms within the meaning of Article 5(3)(n) of Directive 2001/29/EC (1) where the rightholder offers to conclude with the establishments referred to therein licensing agreements for the use of works on appropriate terms?

2.

Does Article 5(3)(n) of Directive 2001/29/EC entitle the Member States to confer on the establishments the right to digitise the works contained in their collections, if that is necessary in order to make those works available on terminals?

3.

May the rights which the Member States lay down pursuant to Article 5(3)(n) of Directive 2001/29/EC go so far as to enable users of the terminals to print out on paper or store on a USB stick the works made available there?


(1)  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).