Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.9.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 260/28 |

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Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 27 June 2013 — Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others

(Case C-360/13)

2013/C 260/50

Language of the case: English

Referring court

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd

Defendant: The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others

Questions referred

In circumstances where:

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| (i) | an end-user views a web-page without downloading, printing or otherwise setting out to make a copy of it; |

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| (ii) | copies of that web-page are automatically made on screen and in the internet ‘cache’ on the end-user’s hard disk; |

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| (iii) | the creation of those copies is indispensable to the technical processes involved in correct and efficient internet browsing; |

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| (iv) | the screen copy remains on screen until the end-user moves away from the relevant web-page, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer; |

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| (v) | the cached copy remains in the cache until it is overwritten by other material as the end-user views further web-pages, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer; and |

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| (vi) | the copies are retained for no longer than the ordinary processes associated with internet use referred to at (iv) and (v) above continue; |

Are such copies (i) temporary, (ii) transient or incidental and (iii) an integral and essential part of the technological process within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC[(1)](#ntr1-C_2013260EN.01002801-E0001)?

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