Court of Justice of the European Union · EU

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 July 2026.#FT and RRC Sports GmbH v Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA).#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market – Competition – Professional football – Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Football Agent Regulations – Rules on agents’ remuneration, agent licences, multiple representation, making an approach and the communication of certain information to FIFA, other agents, clubs and players – Article 101(1) TFEU – Prohibition of agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices – Restrictions on competition – Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ – Exception to the prohibition laid down in Article 101(1) TFEU – Conditions – Exemption under Article 101(3) TFEU – Conditions – Concept of ‘efficiency gains’ – Article 102 TFEU – Abuse of dominant position – Justification – Conditions – Article 56 TFEU – Obstacle to the freedom to provide services – Objectives – Proportionality – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Lawfulness of processing.#Case C-209/23.

Identifier

CELEX 62023CJ0209_RES

Status

decided

Decided

16 July 2026

Official source

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62023CJ0209_RES

Source provider

eurlex

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