RESALE RIGHT DIRECTIVE

To remove the distortions affecting the contemporary and modern art market and to abolish the discrimination suffered by artists depending on the prevailing legal situation in the country in which their works are sold, the Commission put forward a proposal for a directive in June 1996 aimed at introducing the resale right throughout the European Union and harmonising some of its rules of implementation.
A Directive (2001/84/EC) was finally adopted in September 2001, but was based on rather unfair compromises that were absolutely unprecedented in the field of copyright.