Case C-492/23, Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 3 August 2023 — X v Russmedia Digital SRL, Inform Media Pr...

Official Journal of the European Union EN C series C/2023/1126 4.12.2023 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Romania) lodged on 3 August 2023 —X v Russmedia Digital SRL, Inform Media Press SRL (Case C-492/23, Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press) (C/2023/1126) Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Curtea de Apel Cluj Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: X Defendant: Russmedia Digital SRL, Inform Media Press SRL Questions referred 1. Do Articles 12 to 14 of Directive 2000/31/EC (1) also apply to a storage and hosting information service provider that makes available to users a website on which free or paid advertisements may be published, which claims that its role in publishing users’ advertisements is purely technical (making the platform available), but which, through the general terms and conditions of use of the website, indicates that it does not claim ownership over the content that is provided, published, uploaded or transmitted, yet retains the right to use the content, including by means of copying it, distributing it, transmitting it, publishing it, reproducing it, modifying it, translating it, transferring it to partners and removing it at any time, without the need for any reason for doing so? 2. Must Article 2(4), Article 4(7) and (11), Article 5(1)(f), Article 6(1)(a), Articles 7, 24 and 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 and Article 15...