3 Amendments of Joseph MUSCAT related to 2007/2261(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the EU institutions have no legal obligation to recognise the specificity of sport when they apply the provisions of the Treaty, and that, as a consequence, the very notion of specificity remains vulnerable to the fluctuating decisions of the courts;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, in particular Meca- Medina1, have seriously undermined the status of sporting rules that are designed to ensure fair play and open competition; 1 Case C-519/04 P, Meca-Medina and Majcen v. Commission, [2006] ECR I-6991.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Asks the Commission and the Member States to consider how Article 149 of the EC Treaty, as amended by the Lisbon Treaty, could contribute to a clearer and more consistent recognition of the specificity of sport, which would be endorsed by the Court of Justice;