Reports of Cases
Reports of Cases
CVRIA
(Competition - Association of undertakings - Speed skating events - Decision finding an infringement of Article one hundred one 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 one hundred one TFEU - Restriction of competition by object - Corrective measures)
In Case T-ninety-three eighteen,
International Skating Union, established in Lausanne, Switzerland, represented by J.-F. Bellis, lawyer, applicant,
European Commission, represented by H. van Vliet, G. Meessen and F. van Schaik, acting as Agents, defendant, supported by
Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert, residing in Hoogmade, Netherlands,
Niels Kerstholt, residing in Zeist, Netherlands,
and
European Elite Athletes Association, established in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
represented by B. Braeken and J. Versteeg, lawyers,
interveners,
APPLICATION under Article two hundred sixty-three TFUE for annulment of Commission Decision C-twenty seventeen eight two three zero final, adopted on eight December twenty seventeen relating to proceedings under Article one hundred one TFEU and Article fifty-three of the EEA Agreement (Case AT/four thousand two hundred eight - International Skating Union's eligibility rules),
THE GENERAL COURT (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition),
composed of S. Gervasoni, President, L. Madise, P. Nihoul, R. Frendo (Rapporteur) and J. Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, Judges,
Registrar: E. Artemiou, Administrator,
having regard to the written part of the procedure and further to the hearing on twelve June twenty twenty,
gives the following
Judgment
I. Background to the dispute
I. Background to the dispute
A. The International Skating Union
One. The International Skating Union ('the applicant' or 'the ISU') is the sole international sports federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee ('the IOC') as responsible at worldwide level for regulating and administering figure skating and speed skating on ice.
Two. The applicant is composed of national associations that administer figure skating and speed skating on ice at national level ('the members'). The members comprise local skating clubs and associations, in which athletes who practise speed skating or figure skating as an economic activity are individual members.
Three. The applicant also carries out a commercial activity in so far as it organises and owns the rights in the most important international speed skating events. International competitions organised by the applicant include, in particular, the European and World long-track and short-track speed skating championships, the Long Track Speed Skating World Cup and the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. In addition, the Winter Olympic Games speed skating events are organised by the applicant in the form of international competitions.