Placed under judicial reorganization, Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (FCGB) was subject to a transfer ban imposed by FIFA until the full payment of a transfer debt owed to a Spanish club. Although legally required to extend the effects of this measure to French territory, the Fédération Française de Football (FFF) nevertheless refused to do so, arguing that such an extension would encourage FCGB to disregard the public policy rules governing insolvency proceedings in France.