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Jan 3, 2024 · The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued a judgment finding that the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) infringed European Union (EU) competition law by mandating prior approval for international competitions not organised by them and threatening sanctions ...
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Dec 21, 2023 · On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the ‘’CJEU’’) delivered a preliminary ruling whereby it concluded that the Fédération internationale de football association (“FIFA’’) Statues (the “FIFA/UEFA Rules”) infringed EU Competition law, specifically Article 101 and Article 102 of the Treaty on the ...
Dec 21, 2023 · FIFA and UEFA rules blocking a potential European Super League have been ruled to be “unlawful”, a landmark ruling has found. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its long-awaited...
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On 16 December 2020, the EU General Court (GC) partially rejected the appeal of the International Skating Union (ISU) against the decision of the Commission (C (2017) 8230 final), holding that rules that severely penalise athletes for taking parts in unsanctioned events are contrary to EU competition law.
In 2014, two international speed skaters filed a complaint with the EU Commission about the eligibility rules of the ISU. The ISU is the sole international governing body responsible for regulating and administering speed skating and figure skating. As well as being the regulator, the ISU organises the most important international competitions in t...
In addressing the pleas submitted by the ISU, the Court referred to the CJEU’s case law (Judgment of 16 July 2015, ING Pensii, C-172/14, EU:C:2015:484, paragraph 33), holding that to determine whether an agreement is restrictive by object, account must be taken of its objectives and the context of which it forms part (Judgment of 16 December 2020, ...
While the Court upheld the decision of the Commission, it is not all bad news for the ISU and other SGBs. The Court has confirmed that the use of eligibility rules by an entity engaged in commercial activities in the very same sector inherently raises conflicts of interest. In this regard, the case fits well within the case law of the CJEU and foll...
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- 2021
Jan 22, 2024 · That ruling held that FIFA and UEFA would breach competition law (by abusing their dominance) if they failed to ensure that their authorisation rules for rival tournaments were transparent, objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate.
Jan 8, 2024 · Two Dutch speed skaters submitted a complaint against the ISU to the European Commission alleging that the ISU’s eligibility rules infringed EU competition law by threatening the speed skaters with lifelong bans from its competitions if they participated in competitions not authorised by the ISU.
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Sep 24, 2022 · As in the previous year (2020), the Commission did not issue any decision imposing a fine for breach of Article 102 TFEU. As a result, the 15 decisions adopted this year all concern Article 101 TFEU (or Article 65 ECSC).
