Royalties row between performers and record companies referred to EU

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) is to be asked to determine whether Irish law is consistent with EU law by excluding certain performers not based in Ireland or European Economic Area (EEA) countries from a share of royalty payments.

The High Court has referred a number of questions to the CJEU arising out of an action brought by the Recorded Artists Actors Performers (RAAP) organisation which represents performers.