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Following a ruling of the National High Court, the Government will make into Royal Decree-law a ministerial order suspended by the National Court in the framework of the Government’s conflict with the RFEF, eliminating the need for qualified majorities to force the resignation of the president of a sports federation

15/5/2018

Last May, the Government began to work on a draft Royal Decree-law to facilitate successful motions of censure at sports federations. Read the news (in Spanish).

Sport&MusicLaw

Sport law

International trade: WTO’s dispute resolution body rules on appeal in favour of Boeing in the large civil aircraft case against Airbus

15/5/2018

Access the news. Access the WTO's press release.

International contracts

Appeals before the CAS and the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the doping sanction imposed on Paolo Guerrero

14/5/2018

With his sanction increased, Paolo Guerrero was prevented from playing at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. However, the action to set aside the award before the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT), and CAS’ and FIFA´s support, made the precautionary suspension of the sanction possible. Read CAS press release (in Spanish) Read FIFPro press release (in [...]

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Arbitration

Sport law

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejects an appeal filed jointly by the football player Munir El Haddadi and the Moroccan Football Federation against FIFA and the Spanish Football Federation challenging the decision issued on 13 March 2018 by the FIFA Players’ Status Committee in which their request to have the sporting nationality of Munir El Haddadi changed from Spain to Morocco was denied

14/5/2018

Read the press release  

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Sport law

LaLiga announces that the promotion ‘playoffs’ to the Second division will be retransmitted via Mediapro and BeIn LaLiga

12/5/2018

On Saturday, May 12th, the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, announced that LaLiga and the RFEF had reached an agreement so that the promotion playoffs could be retransmitted directly via LaLiga 123 TV and BeIn LaLiga. Read the news (in Spanish)  

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Entertainment law

Sport law

The RFEF surprises in the IV Amateur Football Congress (‘IV Congreso de Fútbol Aficonado’) with a proposal to restructure the ‘Segunda División’ into two Series: Series 1 formed by the five best teams in each group, and Series 2 including three groups of 20 teams

11/5/2018

The IV Amateur Football Congress ('IV Congreso de Fútbol Aficonado'), organised in San Sebastian by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, approved on May 11th to present to the RFEF's Assembly a proposal to restructure the groups in the 'Segunda División' and 'Tercera División'. Read the news (in Spanish)  

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Sport law

PSG fears to be sanctioned by UEFA in application of the Financial Fair Play Rules

10/5/2018

PSG awaits to receive UEFA’s sanction after breaching the Financial Fair Play Rules and suspects the fine to be similar to 2014’s, imposing a maximun deficit in the balance between purchases and sales leaving them with less room to manoeuvre in the transfer market. Read the news (in Spanish)  

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Sport law

In Spain “It shall exist only one Spanish Federation for each sport disciple” (Article 1.5 of Royal Decree on Sports Federations) but in accordance with European Law it won´t be possible to monopolize the athlete’s activities

10/5/2018

On Thursday, May 10th, the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) upheld the appeal lodged by the Taekwondo Club La Costera - Xátiva and his president against the resolution of the Sports Discipline Committee of the Royal Spanish Taekwondo Federation (RFET) by means of which they appellants had been penalized for their recurring participations in events [...]

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Sport law

A new FIFA’s circular informs member federations of a change in procedures regarding noncompliance of resolutions after a Disciplinary Commission’s decision (Article 64, FIFA Disciplinary Code)

9/5/2018

With the objective of ensuring greater respect towards the decisions made by its judicial bodies, the FIFA has issued a notice that informs of improvements in the current procedures, which include changes that enable debtor football clubs to obey their financial obligations in a rapid manner. Read the news

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Sport law

The General Directorate for Gambling (GDG) closes the public consultation preceding the planned widening of the legal framework of gambling regulations. Objective: adapt the ministerial orders to the current context; in particular, with a focus on the prevention and fight against fraud in betting on sports competitions or other events such as eSports

9/5/2018

On Wednesday May 9, the General Directorate for Gambling (DGOJ) closed a public consultation through its web portal related to the expansion of the regulatory framework regarding the Law on Gambling Regulation. The objective of this consultation is to prevent fraud in betting on sports competitions or other events. Read the news (in Spanish)

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Entertainment law

Sport law