Source: EURLEX
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| 28.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 320/14 |

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Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 July 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra — Portugal) — Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores CRL v Ministério Público, Carlos Manuel Prata Pereira Sá Meneses, Sandra Carla Ferreira Cardoso, Douros Bar Lda

(Case C-151/15)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2015320EN.01001402-E0001)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Copyright and related rights in the information society - Directive 2001/29/EC - Article 3(1) - Concept of ‘communication to the public’ - Broadcasting of works in a café-restaurant by means of a radio apparatus connected to loudspeakers))

(2015/C 320/20)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores CRL

Defendants: Ministério Público, Carlos Manuel Prata Pereira Sá Meneses, Sandra Carla Ferreira Cardoso, Douros Bar Lda

Operative part of the order

The concept of ‘communication to the public’ within the meaning of Article 3(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 must be interpreted as meaning that it covers the transmission, by operators of a café-restaurant, of musico-literary works broadcast by a radio broadcasting station, by means of a radio apparatus connected to loudspeakers and/or amplifiers, to the customers present in that establishment.

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