Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 18 July 2013

Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v European Commission

Appeal — Television broadcasting — Directive 89/552/EEC — Article 3a — Measures taken by the Kingdom of Belgium concerning events of major importance for the society of that Member State — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with EU law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC and 49 EC — Right to property

Case C‑204/11 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
23/08/2013 FIFA v Commission
Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:477		 18/07/2013 FIFA v Commission
Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:477		 18/07/2013 FIFA v Commission
Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
22/07/2011 FIFA v Commission
Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:787		 12/12/2012 FIFA v Commission
Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.03 Ineffective pleas in law
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.04 New pleas in law
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.04 Substance of the pleas in law
        3.10.03.04.03 Infringement of EU law
          3.10.03.04.03.01 Insufficient or contradictory reasoning for the decision under appeal
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.03 Grounds of appeal
      3.10.03.02 Issues relating to the admissibility of the pleas
        3.10.03.02.02 Requirement of precision
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.00 General
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3 Legal proceedings
  3.10 Appeals
    3.10.02 Jurisdiction over the appeal
      3.10.02.01 Exclusion of questions of fact
        3.10.02.01.01 Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence
          3.10.02.01.01.00 General
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/04/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/12/2012

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

18/07/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 232 from 06.08.2011, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 260 from 07.09.2013, p.3

Name of the parties

FIFA v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Retransmission des événements sportifs. Confirmation de la défaite judiciaire de la FIFA et de l'UEFA : à propos de la diffusion des événements sportifs d'importance majeure, Europe 2013 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.26-27 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available