By the recent award in CAS 2015/A/4097 Football Club CFR 1907 Cluj S.A. v. Romanian Football Federation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ascertained the disciplinary nature of the licensing sanctions towards football clubs in the scope of ensuring a level playing field and the integrity of competitions. The most significant aspect of this award, though, consists of the confirmation that clubs undergoing insolvency proceedings are not exempted from fulfilling the regulatory requirements.
Factual background
In short, the Licensing Appeal Committee of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) rendered the decision on 22 May 2015, whereby it confirmed the previous decision adopted by the first instance committee, whereby the club was found in breach of Articles 46[1] and 47[2] of the National Club Licensing & Financial Fair Play Regulations (NCL&FFPR).[3]
As a result, the club was inflicted sanctions consisting of a point deduction for the next season of Liga 1 National Championship, namely 3 points for breaching Article 46 and 3 points for breaching Article 47 of the NCL&FFPR.
In essence, the club invoked in its defence the...
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