# C_2006326EN.01004301.xml

| 30.12.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 326/43 |
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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof lodged on 16 November 2006 — Peek & Cloppenburg KG v Cassina S.p.A.

(Case C-456/06)

(2006/C 326/87)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Peek & Cloppenburg KG

Respondent: Cassina S.p.A.

Questions referred

| 1. | (a)
Can it be assumed that there is a distribution to the public in any manner other than by sale, within the terms of Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society( 1 ) (‘the Information Society Directive’), in the case where it is made possible for third parties to make use of items of copyright-protected works without the grant of user involving a transfer of de facto power to dispose of those items? (b)
Is there a distribution under Article 4(1) of the Information Society Directive also in the case in which items of copyright-protected works are shown publicly without the possibility of using those items being granted to third parties? | (a) | Can it be assumed that there is a distribution to the public in any manner other than by sale, within the terms of Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society( 1 ) (‘the Information Society Directive’), in the case where it is made possible for third parties to make use of items of copyright-protected works without the grant of user involving a transfer of de facto power to dispose of those items? | (b) | Is there a distribution under Article 4(1) of the Information Society Directive also in the case in which items of copyright-protected works are shown publicly without the possibility of using those items being granted to third parties? |
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| (a) | Can it be assumed that there is a distribution to the public in any manner other than by sale, within the terms of Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society( 1 ) (‘the Information Society Directive’), in the case where it is made possible for third parties to make use of items of copyright-protected works without the grant of user involving a transfer of de facto power to dispose of those items? | | | | |
| (b) | Is there a distribution under Article 4(1) of the Information Society Directive also in the case in which items of copyright-protected works are shown publicly without the possibility of using those items being granted to third parties? | | | | |

| 2. | If the answers are in the affirmative: can the protection accorded to the free movement of goods preclude, in the abovementioned cases, exercise of the distribution right if the items presented are not under copyright protection in the Member State in which they were manufactured and placed on the market? |
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( 1 )  OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10.

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