The Supreme Court of Belgium (Cour de Cassation belge)[1] referred to the CJEU as a preliminary question the appeal filed by RFC Seraing. This Belgian club is arguing before Belgian tribunals that FIFA’s ban on Third Party Ownership (TPO) violates European competition law and the free movement of capital. According to the club, TPO practices should be carefully regulated but not banned altogether.
This case comes from an appeal issued against a decision of the Court of Appeal of Brussels issued in December 2019, dismissing Doyen Sports and RFC Seraing’s...
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