Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 March 2026.#Institutul de Istorie şi Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu” and Fundaţia Naţională pentru Ştiinţă şi Artă v HK, en qualité d'héritier de TB and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 2001/29/EC – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Reproduction right – Article 2(a) – Concept of a ‘work’ – Protection of works by copyright – Conditions – Directive 2006/116/EC – Article 5 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works – Article 2 – Critical edition of a pre-existing work the purpose of which is to restore a Latin manuscript – Intellectual creation reflecting the personality of its author, by expressing the latter’s free and creative choices – Subject matter identifiable with sufficient precision and objectivity.#Case C-649/23.