Intellectual property, original works of art: resale right for the benefit of the author

The Council's common position takes on board the substance of the majority of the amendments proposed by the European Parliament. The Commission accepts all points of the Council's common position, except for the length of the transitional period that some Member States will be allowed to apply resale right to deceased artist's successors in title (Article 8(2)). The Council would stress that that period lasts a maximum of ten years and could be shortened in the circumstances described in Article 8(3). More specifically, the Council has added, deleted or amended a number of recitals, mainly in order to reflect changes made to the articles of the Directive. �