Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 June 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State van België — Belgium) — Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat

(Case C-271/10) (1)

(Directive 92/100/EEC - Copyright and related rights - Public lending - Remuneration of authors - Adequate income)

2011/C 252/07

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Raad van State van België

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA)

Defendant: Belgische Staat

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Raad van State van België — Interpretation of Article 5(1) of 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 (OJ 1992 L 346, p. 61) (now Article 6(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/115/EC of 12 December 2006) — Remuneration of authors in the case of public lending — Sufficient remuneration

Operative part of the judgment

Article 5(1) of 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 precludes legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which establishes a system under which the remuneration payable to authors in the event of public lending is calculated exclusively according to the number of borrowers registered with public establishments, on the basis of a flat-rate amount fixed per borrower and per year.

(1)  OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.