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Document 62007CA0032

Case C-32/07: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 31 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Directive 2001/84/EC — Copyright — Resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art)

OJ C 79, 29.3.2008, p. 6–7 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

29.3.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 79/6


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 31 January 2007 — Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain

(Case C-32/07) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 2001/84/EC - Copyright - Resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art)

(2008/C 79/10)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: R. Vidal Puig and W. Wils, acting as Agent(s))

Defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: F. Díez Moreno, Agent)

Re:

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Failure to adopt within the period prescribed all the measures necessary to comply with Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art (OJ 2001 L 272, p. 32)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the period prescribed, all the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art, the Kingdom of Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under that directive;

2.

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.


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