Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 21 January 2026 – Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, EGDPI (AIE) and AGEDI, Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual v Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A., Grupo El Árbol Distribución y Supermercados, S.A., Beauty by DIA, S.A.U. and SOUNDREEF, LTD.

(Case C-22/26, AIE and AGEDI)

(C/2026/2502)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Audiencia Provincial de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, EGDPI (AIE), AGEDI, Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual

Defendants: Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A., Grupo El Árbol Distribución y Supermercados, S.A., Beauty by DIA, S.A.U., SOUNDREEF, LTD.

Question referred

Must Article 56 TFEU, read in conjunction with Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (1)

be interpreted as:

precluding legislation of a Member State which generally and absolutely excludes the possibility of independent management entities established in another Member State providing their services in that first Member State in relation to the collective management of the single equitable remuneration established for performers and producers of phonograms and payable by the users of a phonogram published for commercial purposes or of a reproduction of that phonogram that is used for any form of communication to the public?

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(1)   OJ 2014 L 84, p. 72.