Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (Belgium) lodged on 2 October 2023 – Royal Football Club Seraing v Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association (URBSFA), Union européenne des Sociétés de Football Association (UEFA)

(Case C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant, appellant and appellant in the appeal on a point of law: Royal Football Club Seraing

Defendants, respondents and respondents in the appeal on a point of law: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association (URBSFA), Union européenne des Sociétés de Football Association (UEFA)

Other party: Doyen Sports Investment Ltd

Questions referred

Does Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union, read in conjunction with Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, preclude the application of provisions of national law such as Article 24 and Article 171[3](9) of the Code judiciaire (Belgian Judicial Code), laying down the principle of res judicata, to an arbitral award the conformity of which with EU law has been reviewed by a court of a State that is not a Member State of the European Union, which is not permitted to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling?

Does Article 19(1) of the Treaty on European Union, read in conjunction with Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, preclude the application of a rule of national law according probative value vis-à-vis third parties, subject to evidence to the contrary which it is for them to adduce, to an arbitral award the conformity of which with EU law has been reviewed by a court of a State that is not a Member State of the European Union, which is not permitted to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling?

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