Judgment_paragraph 59 · Recorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd v Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd and Others (C-265/19)

59That is so where the communication of the phonogram, as the trigger of the aforementioned related right, is addressed to an audience located in one or more Member States. Since Directive 2006/115 does not specify its territorial scope, the latter corresponds to that of the Treaties, laid down in Article 52 TEU (judgment of 4 May 2017, El Dakkak and Intercontinental, C‑17/16, EU:C:2017:341, paragraphs 22 and 23 and the case-law cited). Subject to Article 355 TFEU, that territorial scope comprises the territories of the Member States.