# C_2007170EN.01001301.xml

| 21.7.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 170/13 |
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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

(Case C-240/07)

(2007/C 170/23)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH

Respondent: Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

Questions referred

| 1. | Does the term of protection granted by Directive 2006/116/EC( 1 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (Directive 2006/116) under the conditions set out in Article 10(2) thereof apply also in the case of subject-matter that has not at any time been protected in the Member State in which protection is sought? |
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| 2. | If Question 1 is to be answered in the affirmative:
(a)
Do national provisions governing the protection of rightholders who are not Community nationals constitute national provisions within the meaning of Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116? (b)
Does the term of protection granted pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116 also apply to subject-matter that, on the date specified in Article 10(1) of that directive, fulfilled the criteria set out in Council Directive 92/100/EEC( 2 ) of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, but whose rightholder is not a Community national? | (a) | Do national provisions governing the protection of rightholders who are not Community nationals constitute national provisions within the meaning of Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116? | (b) | Does the term of protection granted pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116 also apply to subject-matter that, on the date specified in Article 10(1) of that directive, fulfilled the criteria set out in Council Directive 92/100/EEC( 2 ) of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, but whose rightholder is not a Community national? |
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| (a) | Do national provisions governing the protection of rightholders who are not Community nationals constitute national provisions within the meaning of Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116? | | | | |
| (b) | Does the term of protection granted pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116 also apply to subject-matter that, on the date specified in Article 10(1) of that directive, fulfilled the criteria set out in Council Directive 92/100/EEC( 2 ) of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, but whose rightholder is not a Community national? | | | | |

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( 1 )  OJ L 372, p. 12.

( 2 )  OJ L 346, p. 61.

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