Advocate General, Antitrust, European Court of Justice, European Union, Exemptions, Justifications, Restriction by object, Sport, Sports law
Justifications for Anticompetitive Agreements: AG Emiliou’s Sports Trilogy of 15 May 2025
Introduction Advocate General Emiliou delivered three interlocking Opinions concerning decisions of football governing bodies. Two of these cases were brought to challenge elements of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (Case C-209/23, RCC Sports and Case C-428/23, Rogon). The third concerns a decision of the Portuguese Competition Authority which had found that a no-poach agreement by…