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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment delivered by the General Court (Seventh Chamber) on 17 February 2011 in Case T55/08 UEFA v Commission dismissing an action for annulment of Commission Decision 2007/730/EC of 16 October 2007 declaring compatible with Community law measures taken by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ 2007 L 295, p. 12)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 86 -P1 : paragraphs 68, 69, 72, 73, 82, 83
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P1 : paragraph 99
• TFEU, Article 253 : paragraph 105
• TFEU, Article 263 : paragraph 63
• Directive 89/552 : paragraphs 2, 13, 14, 36
• Directive 89/552 -A03BIS : paragraphs 2, 21, 100
• Directive 89/552 -A03BISP1 : paragraphs 1, 10, 12, 13, 17, 21, 109
• Directive 89/552 -A03BISP2 : paragraphs 16, 49, 107, 109
• Directive 97/36 : paragraphs 2, 14, 36
• Directive 97/36 -C18 : paragraphs 3, 10, 13, 31, 35, 38, 39
• Directive 97/36 -C19 : paragraph 3
• Directive 97/36 -C20 : paragraph 3
• Directive 97/36 -C21 : paragraphs 3, 14
• Directive 97/36 -C22 : paragraph 3
• Decision 2007/730 : paragraphs 1 - 114
• Decision 2007/730 -A01 : paragraph 5
• Decision 2007/730 -A03 : paragraph 6
• Decision 2007/730 -C18 : paragraphs 7, 51, 60, 64, 110
• Decision 2007/730 -C19 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C20 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C21 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C24 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C25 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C3 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C4 : paragraph 7
• Decision 2007/730 -C5 : paragraphs 7, 110
• Decision 2007/730 -C6 : paragraphs 7, 51, 60, 64, 110
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -331/88 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -269/90 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/95 : paragraph 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/01 : paragraph 11
• General Court - Judgment T -33/01 : paragraph 54
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/03 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/06 : paragraph 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -121/06 : paragraph 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/06 : paragraphs 25, 105
• General Court - Judgment T -55/08 : paragraphs 1 - 114
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -77/09 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/09 : paragraph 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -335/09 : paragraph 106
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/09 : paragraphs 45, 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -505/09 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -628/10 : paragraph 74
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -14/11 : paragraph 74

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -55/08

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 : point 37
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P3 : point 37
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A58L1 : points 58, 67
  
• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61 : point 11
  
• TFEU, Article 106 : points 65, 70, 73
  
• TFEU, Article 106 -P1 : points 64, 72
  
• TFEU, Article 108 : point 20
  
• TFEU, Article 256 : point 58
  
• TFEU, Article 296 -L2 : point 90
  
• Directive 89/552 : points 14, 18, 29 - 31, 43, 44, 61, 80
  
• Directive 89/552 -A03BIS : points 6, 7, 13, 14 - 32
  
• Directive 89/552 -A03BISP1 : points 1, 9, 17, 46
  
• Directive 89/552 -A03BISP2 : points 9, 24, 46
  
• Directive 89/552 -A03BISP3 : point 22
  
• Directive 97/36 : point 21
  
• Directive 97/36 -A23 : point 24
  
• Directive 97/36 -C18 : points 8, 16, 52 - 54
  
• Directive 97/36 -C21 : points 18, 41, 55
  
• Decision 2007/479 : point 10
  
• Decision 2007/730 : points 1 - 95, 130
  
• Decision 2007/730 -C20 : point 92
  
• Directive 2007/65 : point 23
  
• Directive 2007/65 -A03L11 : point 23
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A138 : point 130
  
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A140 : point 130
  
• European Parliament - Legislative Resolution - 51997AP0201 : point 22
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -18/88 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -202/88 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -260/89 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -269/90 : point 25
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -51/92 : point 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -412/93 : point 14
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -34/95 : point 14
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -36/95 : point 14
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -163/96 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -22/98 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -475/99 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -131/03 : point 88
  
• General Court - Judgment T -289/03 : points 20, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -250/06 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -49/07 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -222/07 : point 14
  
• General Court - Judgment T -385/07 : point 4
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/08 : points 39, 43
  
• General Court - Judgment T -55/08 : points 1 - 95, 130
  
• General Court - Judgment T -68/08 : point 5
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -90/09 : point 90
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/09 : points 67, 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -401/09 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -505/09 : point 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -244/10 : points 14, 15
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -628/10 : points 58, 59
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -283/11 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -264/11 : point 70
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 27/04/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 12/12/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/07/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 260 from 07.09.2013, p.3

Application: OJ C 204 from 09.07.2011, p.16

Name of the parties

UEFA 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)
2. T., A.: Armenopoulos 2013 p.2025-2026 (EL)
3. Bergant-Rakočević, Vesna: Dokončen poraz FIFA in UEFA, Pravna praksa 2013 nº 33 p.27-28 (SL)
4. Greco, Ginevra: Il valore sociale dello sport: un nuovo limite alle c.d. specificità?, Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2014 p.815-824 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  
• 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

• French