1 Amendments of Jonathan EVANS related to 2007/2261(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SRecognises and respects the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in relation to the application of EU competition and free movement rules to the economic dimension of sport; stresses that commercial contracts concerning intellectual property associated with sport (including those incorporating the sale of television and new media rights concerning a sport) should always fully comply with EC competition law and be negotiated and completed in a transparent manner; but subject to this believes that sport broadcasts should be accessible to the widest possible range of people including through free-to-air channels;