Referral C-22/26 (AIE and AGEDI, 21 Jan 2026)

Must Article 56 TFEU, read together with Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market be interpreted as:
precluding legislation of a Member State which generally and absolutely excludes the possibility of independent management entities established in another Member State providing their services in that first Member State in relation to the collective management of the single equitable remuneration established for performers and producers of phonograms and payable by the users of a phonogram published for commercial purposes, or of a reproduction of that phonogram that is used for any form of communication to the public?