PARIS.- The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí announced that the High Court of Paris has upheld the claims of the Fundació Dalí and acknowledges that the Spanish State is the sole holder of the resale right on the works of Salvador Dalí. The Foundation is glad to receive such a transcendental ruling because it is not only a step forward in the defence and protection of Salvador Dalí’s rights but it also creates jurisprudence. In a ruling passed on Friday 8 July, the High Court of Paris, upholding in its entirety the claim submitted by the Fundació Dalí and VEGAP against the ADAGP (the French collective management agency of visual artists’ royalties, which corresponds to the Spanish VEGAP), declared that Spanish law is the applicable law for determining which party is the holder of the resale right on the artworks of Salvador Dalí, and consequently acknowledged that the FUNDACIÓ DALÍ, as the manager and administrator