I would imagine the EC did come to some sort of agreement regarding their own headquarters' copyright. (Based on this, they are aware of the issue, yet they still carry images of the Berlaymont: http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/help/index.cfm?sitelang=en#94 ).

If you are already in contact with their representation in Tallinn, you could ask them to follow up on the issue and clarify if the EC has made any special agreements on copyright. 
(You also have the right to request the relevant documents that might contain the information you need, see for example, asktheeu.org, though I would recommend simply going through the EC Rep and explaining to them that the issue might be more complicated than they realise and that you would appreciate if they consulted their colleagues in the relevant units.)

Best regards,
Bence

Raul Veede <raul.veede@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2016. jún. 4., Szo, 22:55):
I could very well ask about it officially, but who would understand the question?

Raul

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:00 PM, L.Gelauff <lgelauff@gmail.com> wrote:
As they use it in logo's etc, it might very well be that for this particular case, they acquired permissions etc. But it's all guessing, couldn't find a reliable source..

Lodewijk

2016-06-04 15:25 GMT+02:00 Raul Veede <raul.veede@gmail.com>:

It would surprise me, actually, if they thought about the copyright of the building and solved the problem in time, smoothly. I've talked to many officials in EU, states, municipalities, etc, and whenever they state something about copyright, it is usually just lorem ipsum, they have no idea what they are talking about. Any kind of explanation will have to start from the basics and it will take a  lot of time. There are exceptions but they're truly rare, especially when it concerns FoP.

Raul

On 4 Jun 2016 16:07, "Owen Blacker" <owen@openrightsgroup.org> wrote:

Belgium doesn't have freedom of panorama, so certainly someone owns the copyright. It wouldn't surprise me if the Commission did.


On Sat, 4 Jun 2016, 12:34 Raul Veede, <raul.veede@gmail.com> wrote:
The Estonian office of European Commission is trying to convince me the copyright of the Berlaymont building in Brussels belongs to the EC. While I think it might be possible that someone might have asked for the architect's permit to spread photos of the building, I have seen no proof of it. Can anyone prove or disprove that claim?

Raul
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