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Case C-205/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 July 2013 — Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v European Commission, Kingdom of Belgium, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Appeals — Television broadcasting — Directive 89/552/EEC — Article 3a — Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance for the society of that Member State — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC — Right to property)
Case C-205/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 July 2013 — Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v European Commission, Kingdom of Belgium, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Appeals — Television broadcasting — Directive 89/552/EEC — Article 3a — Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance for the society of that Member State — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC — Right to property)
Case C-205/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 July 2013 — Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v European Commission, Kingdom of Belgium, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Appeals — Television broadcasting — Directive 89/552/EEC — Article 3a — Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance for the society of that Member State — Football World Cup — Decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law — Statement of reasons — Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC — Right to property)
IO C 260, 7.9.2013, p. 4–4
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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7.9.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 260/4 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 July 2013 — Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v European Commission, Kingdom of Belgium, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(Case C-205/11 P) (1)
(Appeals - Television broadcasting - Directive 89/552/EEC - Article 3a - Measures taken by the United Kingdom concerning events of major importance for the society of that Member State - Football World Cup - Decision declaring the measures compatible with European Union law - Statement of reasons - Articles 43 EC, 49 EC and 86 EC - Right to property)
2013/C 260/05
Language of the case: English
Parties
Appellant: Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) (represented by: A. Barav and D. Reymond, avocats)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: E. Montaguti and N. Yerrell, acting as Agents, and M. Gray, Barrister), Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet, J.-C. Halleux, acting as Agents, and A. Joachimowicz and J. Stuyck, advocaten), and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Ossowski and J. Beeko, acting as Agents, and T. de la Mare QC)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 February 2011 in Case T-68/08 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 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)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) to pay the costs. |