For the purposes of the EC’s InfoSoc Directive 2001/29, must Nokia pay a Danish collecting society the private-copy ‘fair compensation’ levy when importing memory cards into Denmark for use in its mobile telephones?
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Case C-449/12, van Luijk – No fingerprints? No Dutch passport.
Are the Dutch rules requiring passport applicants to be fingerprinted and to have their biometric data stored initially in local registers, and then in a central register, compatible with EU law?
Continue readingCase C-447/12, Kooistra – No fingerprints? No Dutch ID card.
Are the Dutch rules that require four fingerprints to be taken from people wishing to have a Dutch identity card compatible with EU privacy law?
Continue readingCase C-446/12, Willems – No fingerprints? No Dutch passport. No travel outside the EU.
Are the Dutch rules requiring the fingerprinting of all applicants for a Dutch passport compatible with EU law?
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