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Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken v Stichting Leenrecht (C-174/15)
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Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
33

Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken v Stichting Leenrecht (C-174/15)

Judgment of 10 Nov 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-174-15/para_33@2026-11-11

33Consequently, it is necessary to interpret the concepts of ‘objects’ and ‘copies’, for the purposes of Directive 2006/115, in the light of the equivalent concepts in the WIPO Treaty (see, by analogy, judgment of 15 March 2012, SCF, C‑135/10, EU:C:2012:140, paragraph 55).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-174/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:856
Decided: 10 Nov 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Rechtbank Den Haag (District Court, The Hague, Netherlands)
Applicant: Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken
Defendant: Stichting Leenrecht
Interveners: Vereniging Nederlands Uitgeversverbond; Stichting LIRA; Stichting Pictoright
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
L. Bay Larsen, M. Vilaras, J. Malenovský, M. Safjan, D. Šváby
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0174

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Approximation of laws Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services System of property ownership

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Interprets 2: Directive 2001/29/EC2 provisions; Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (codified version)
Cited by 2: Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v Tom Kabinet Internet BV and Others (C-263/18)2 provisions; Recorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd v Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd and Others (C-265/19)2 provisions
Cites 9: Directive 2001/29/EC; 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; Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (codified version); Società Consortile Fonografici (SCF) v Marco Del Corso (C-135/10)2 provisions; 2000/278/EC: Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; Football Association Premier League Ltd and Others v QC Leisure and Others and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd (C-403/08, C-429/08); ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie and Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopie vergoeding (C-435/12); Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10); Commission of the European Communities v Portuguese Republic (C-53/05)