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European Union
Spiegel Online GmbH v Volker Beck (C-516/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
30

Spiegel Online GmbH v Volker Beck (C-516/17)

Judgment of 29 Jul 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-516-17/para_30@2026-11-11

30Notwithstanding the foregoing considerations, the Member States’ discretion in the implementation of Article 5(3)(c), second case, and (d) of Directive 2001/29 is circumscribed in several regards.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-516/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:625
Decided: 29 Jul 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, Germany)
Applicant: Spiegel Online GmbH
Defendant: Volker Beck
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 11 judges
K. Lenaerts, A. Arabadjiev, M. Vilaras, T. von Danwitz, C. Toader, F. Biltgen, C. Lycourgos, E. Juhász, M. Ilešič, L. Bay Larsen, S. Rodin
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0516

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

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29 Jul 2019Reading

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Interprets 2: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 2001/29/EC7 provisions
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Cites 21: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Directive 2001/29/EC; Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU (C-275/06); Copydan Båndkopi v Nokia Danmark A/S (C-463/12); Microsoft Mobile Sales International Oy and Others v Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali (MiBAC) and Others (C-110/15); Hewlett-Packard Belgium SPRL v Reprobel SCRL (C-572/13); Padawan SL v Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) (C-467/08); GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV and Others (C-160/15); 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); Johan Deckmyn and Vrijheidsfonds VZW v Helena Vandersteen and Others (C-201/13); Scarlet Extended SA v Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL (SABAM) (C-70/10); J. N. v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (C-601/15 PPU); Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson (C-617/10); Proceedings brought by Sergejs Buivids (C-345/17); Stefano Melloni v Ministerio Fiscal (C-399/11); Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Dirk Renckhoff (C-161/17); Nils Svensson and Others v Retriever Sverige AB (C-466/12); UPC Telekabel Wien GmbH v Constantin Film Verleih GmbH and Wega Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH (C-314/12); Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg (C-580/13); Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers CVBA (SABAM) v Netlog NV (C-360/10); Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10)