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Document 62005CJ0198

    Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2006.
    Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic.
    Failure to fulfil obligations - Directive 92/100/EEC - Rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property - Public lending right - Failure to transpose within the period prescribed.
    Case C-198/05.

    European Court Reports 2006 I-00107*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2006:677

    Date of document:
    26/10/2006
    Date lodged:
    04/05/2005
    Author:
    Court of Justice
    Country or organisation from which the request originates:
    Italy
    Form:
    Judgment
    Authentic language:
    Italian
    Type of procedure:
    Action for failure to fulfil obligations - successful
    Defendant:
    Italy
    Judge-Rapporteur:
    Malenovský
    Advocate General:
    Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
    Treaty:
    Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
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    Notes relating to the decision:
    • 2. Saraceno, Anna: Biblioteche pubbliche, nuove tecnologie e diritto d'autore, Giurisprudenza italiana 2007 p.2496-2499 (IT)
    • 5. Ferge, Zsigmond: Kiterjed-e a haszonkölcsönzés 2006/115 irányelv értelmében vett fogalma - a nyomtatott művek haszonkölcsönzésének jellemzőihez hasonló feltételek mellett - valamely könyv digitális formájú többszörözött példányának a haszonkölcsönzésre?, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2017 4. szám p.31-73 (HU)
    • 1. Adobati, Enrica: Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2006 p.763-764 (IT)
    • 3. Franceschelli, Vincenzo: Diritto comunitario, diritto d'autore e biblioteche a pagamento: grazie al diritto comunitario le nostre biblioteche si transformano in esattori, Rivista di diritto industriale 2007 01 II p.68-76 (IT)
    • 4. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2007 p.607-611 (IT)





    Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2006 – Commission v Italy

    (Case C-198/05)

    Failure to fulfil obligations – Directive 92/100/EEC – Rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property – Public lending right – Failure to transpose within the period prescribed

    1.                     Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Examination of merits by the Court – Situation to be taken into consideration – Situation on expiry of the period laid down in the reasoned opinion (Art. 226 EC) (see para. 16)

    2.                     Approximation of laws – Copyright and related rights – Public lending right of protected works – Directive 92/100 (Council Directive 92/100, Arts 1 and 5) (see para. 21 and operative part)

    Re:

    Failure to fulfil 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. 6) – Derogation from the exclusive right in respect of public lending – Scope.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Declares that, by exempting from the public lending right all categories of lending establishment accessible to the public within the meaning of 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, the Italian Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 1 and 5 of that Directive;

    2.

    Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

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