No. The Directive would reduce the rates of resale right currently applicable in most of continental Europe (11 EU Member States plus 3 EEA States currently apply resale rights). Indeed, the major international auction houses are very keen to expand their operations in France, which they will be able to do once France abolishes its hundreds of years old state-backed monopoly of "commissaires-priseurs".
En effet, les principales maisons internationales de vente aux enchères souhaitent développer leurs activités en France, ce qui ne sera possible qu'une fois que cette dernière aura aboli le monopole séculaire des "commissaires-priseurs", qui bénéficie du soutien de l'État.