Brussels, 27/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - Community law does not require the member states specifically to designate the person who should bear the cost of the resale right. The person liable for the royalty may be either the seller or the buyer of a work of art, ruled the Court of Justice of the EU on Thursday 26 February in case C-41/14.
Directive 2001/84/EC defines the resale right as the right of the author of an original work of art to receive a royalty based on the resale price obtained...