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Competition and sport

This article places the ruling by the Court of Justice in Meca-Medina and Majcen in the context of the EU's competence to regulate the activities of regulatory bodies. The Court rejects the CFI's broad reading of the autonomy of sport. Rather than taking sporting activity outside of the scope of Community law the Court applies the ruling in Wouters, recognising that sporting regulatory bodies may create and apply rules which are necessary for the regulation of sporting activity even where such rules may limit competition since: "Such a limitation is inherent in the organisation and proper conduct of competitive sport and its very purpose to ensure healthy rivalry between athletes." (at [45]). However, Community law may play a role, judging the proportionality of each rule in the context in which it operates in order to test if the penalties imposed are excessive. Nevertheless, this article argues that the ruling in Meca-Medina gives regulatory bodies a wide lattitude to devise rules.

Uitgever(s): Sweet & Maxwell and Contributors,

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Erika Szyszczak

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sport (algemeen)
wet- en regelgeving

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