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Document 62018TA0093
Case T-93/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — International Skating Union v Commission (Competition — Association of undertakings — Speed skating events — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Regulations of a sports federation — Balance between competition law and the specific nature of the sport — Sports betting — Court of Arbitration for Sport — Guidelines on the calculation of fines — Scope of territorial application of Article 101 TFEU — Restriction of competition by object — Corrective measures)
Case T-93/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — International Skating Union v Commission (Competition — Association of undertakings — Speed skating events — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Regulations of a sports federation — Balance between competition law and the specific nature of the sport — Sports betting — Court of Arbitration for Sport — Guidelines on the calculation of fines — Scope of territorial application of Article 101 TFEU — Restriction of competition by object — Corrective measures)
Case T-93/18: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — International Skating Union v Commission (Competition — Association of undertakings — Speed skating events — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Regulations of a sports federation — Balance between competition law and the specific nature of the sport — Sports betting — Court of Arbitration for Sport — Guidelines on the calculation of fines — Scope of territorial application of Article 101 TFEU — Restriction of competition by object — Corrective measures)
IO C 62, 22.2.2021, p. 24–25
(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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22.2.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 62/24 |
Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — International Skating Union v Commission
(Case T-93/18) (1)
(Competition - Association of undertakings - Speed skating events - Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU - Regulations of a sports federation - Balance between competition law and the specific nature of the sport - Sports betting - Court of Arbitration for Sport - Guidelines on the calculation of fines - Scope of territorial application of Article 101 TFEU - Restriction of competition by object - Corrective measures)
(2021/C 62/29)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: International Skating Union (Lausanne, Switzerland) (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. van Vliet, G. Meessen and F. van Schaik, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert (Hoogmade, Netherlands), Niels Kerstholt (Zeist, Netherlands), European Elite Athletes Association (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: B. Braeken and J. Versteeg, lawyers)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFUE for annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 8230 final, adopted on 8 December 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT/40208 — International Skating Union’s eligibility rules).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls Articles 2 and 4 of Commission Decision C(2017) 8230 final, adopted on 8 December 2017 relating to proceedings under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case AT/40208 — International Skating Unions’s eligibility rules), in so far as, by requiring the International Skating Union to put an end to the infringement established which is subject to a periodic penalty payment, the Commission refers to the arbitration rules and requires that they be amended in the event that the pre-authorisation system is maintained; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders the International Skating Union and the European Commission to bear their own costs; |
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Orders the European Elite Athletes Association, Mr Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert and Mr Niels Kerstholt to bear their own costs. |