The impact of the rulings of 21 December 2023 on the structure of EU sports law

Journal article

The three rulings of 21 December 2023 make three changes to the way we understand the structure of EU sports law. I examine all three in this paper, but I do not think any of the changes are radical. Things have changed – but not much, and the fundamentals of EU sports law, nurtured by the Court in case law that commenced in 1974, are untouched by the Court’s latest three rulings. To be clear: my concern in this paper is only with the structure of EU sports law. For UEFA, and in particular for its power to act as a ‘gatekeeper’ through a system of prior approval for new competitions offered by third parties, things have changed a lot, but that is a separate issue.

Authors: Weatherill, S

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: The International Sports Law Journal
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 409-415
• Publication date: 2024-03-04
• Acceptance date: 2024-02-20
• DOI: 10.1007/s40318-024-00265-w
• EISSN: 2213-5154
• ISSN: 1567-7559
• Language: English
• Keywords: Internal market law; Competition law; EU law; Sport