Thursday 21st December
Judgment in Case C-124/21 P International Skating Union v Commission
(Competition)
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the only organisation recognised by the International Olympic Federation in terms of ice skating and speed skating.
ISU has certain provisions concerning the organisation of skating competitions. If an organiser has not obtained prior authorisation in the correct manner, then ISU refuses to recognise it. Moreover, ISU penalises any athlete who takes part in such non- authorised competitions.
In 2014, this penalty consisted of a lifetime ban from organised skating.
In 2016, the rule was amended so that any athlete who took part in a non-authorised event would be penalised, the penalty ranging from a warning to a 10-year ban depending on the seriousness of the infringement by the athlete.
In 2017, the Commission adopted a decision against ISU, stating that its rules on eligibility, authorisation of competitions and arbitration procedures were contrary to EU competition law in that they restricted competition in the international skating market.
ISU sought an annulment of this decision by the General Court. In 2020, the General Court partly dismissed ISU’s action. Now, the Court of Justice has to decide on the ISU’s appeal.
Background Documents C-124/21 P
Wettbewerbsrecht – Regeln der Internationalen Eislaufunion
Mit Urteil vom 16. Dezember 2020 bestätigte das Gericht der EU die Feststellung der Kommission, dass die Regeln der Internationalen Eislaufunion (ISU), nach denen Sportler für die Teilnahme an nicht von der ISU anerkannten Eisschnelllauf-Wettkämpfen mit harten Sanktionen belegt werden, gegen die Wettbewerbsregeln der EU verstoßen. Die Schiedsgerichtsvorschriften der ISU habe die Kommission hingegen zu Unrecht beanstandet (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 159/20).
Die ISU hat gegen dieses Urteil des Gerichts ein Rechtsmittel beim Gerichtshof eingelegt.
Generalanwalt Rantos hat in seinen Schlussanträgen vom 15. Dezember 2022 dem Gerichtshof vorgeschlagen, das Urteil des Gerichts aufzuheben und die Rechtssache an das Gericht zurückzuverweisen (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 204/22).
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