Resumen de The ERTA Pre-emption Effects of Minimum and Partial Harmonisation Directives: Insights from Opinion 3/15 on the Competence to Conclude the Marrakesh Treaty

Amedeo Arena

• In Opinion 3/15, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty, aimed at facilitating access to published works by people with visual disabilities, falls within the exclusive competence of the EU insofar as that agreement may “alter the scope” of the provisions set out in Directive 2001/29, on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. This comment examines the application of the ERTA rule in Opinion 3/15 as well as the ECJ’s assessment of the external pre-emptive effects of minimum and partial harmonisation directives.