Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Mons (Belgium) lodged on 17 October 2022 — Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) v BZ

(Case C-650/22)

(2023/C 35/34)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’appel de Mons

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Defendant: BZ

Question referred

Are Articles 45 and 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to be interpreted as precluding:

the principle that the player and the club wishing to employ him are jointly and severally liable in respect of the compensation due to the club whose contract with the player has been terminated without just cause, as stipulated in Article 17.2 of the FIFA RSTP (Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players), in conjunction with the sporting sanctions provided for in Article 17.4 of those regulations and the financial sanctions provided for in Article 17.1;

the ability of the association to which the player’s former club belongs not to deliver the international transfer certificate required if the player is to be employed by a new club, where there is a dispute between that former club and the player (Article 9.1 of the FIFA RSTP and Article 8.2.7 of Annex 3 to the FIFA RSTP)?