Activities of Piotr BORYS related to 2011/2087(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European dimension in sport (debate)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sport has a very important social and financial impact in the EU, and its regions, where it can greatly contribute to local development of both infrastructure and economy and serve as a major tourist attraction; whereas gambling services are excluded from the scope of the Services Directive (2006/123/EC) and the new Consumer Rights Directive (approved by the European Parliament on 23 June 2011), due to their specificity,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas promoting physical activity and sport makes for significant savings in terms of public expenditure on health,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is essential to prepare such athletes for their career change by enabling them to receive general education or vocational training alongside their sports training,
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the introduction in the European football of the Financial Fair Play concept as a major step forward in achieving financial stability and preventing unfair competition in sport;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas sport plays an important part in the European economy, as it directly or indirectly employs 15 million people, i.e. 5.4% of the working population, and represents an annual added value of approximately € 407 billion, or 3.65% of Europe’s GDP, and an economically flourishing sports sector thus contributes to achieving the aims of the Europe 2020 strategy,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the violation of sports organisations’ intellectual property rights and the upsurge in digital piracy, especially the unlicensed live transmission of sports events, puts the economy of the entire sports sector at risk,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas sport does not function like a typical sector of the economy because of the interdependence between opponents and the competitive balance needed to preserve the uncertainty of results,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the European model of sport is based on a federation for each sports discipline, and mechanisms for sports and financial solidarity, such as the principle of promotion and relegation and open competitions involving both clubs and national teams, are organised on an autonomous, democratic and territorial basis and in a pyramid structure,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas EU action in the field of sport should always take the specificity of sport into account respecting its social, educational and cultural aspects,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas professional sport is vulnerable to financial instability, and it is the responsibility of the relevant federations to encourage clubs to adopt a culture of planning and sensible investment,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas international transfers can be dangerous for young athletes, since sporting failure, family disruption and social marginalisation are some of the consequences that can result when young athletes leave home too early,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the composition of sports organisations’ decision-making bodies must reflect that of their AGMs as well as the gender balance among their licensed players, thus affording men and women equal access to administrative roles;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that the Commission encourage the practice of sport among senior citizens as it helps to promote social interaction and high rates of good health;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes a positive view of the Member States’, in consultation with the European sports federations, drawing up minimum safety standards for stadiums and taking all appropriate measures to ensure that players and supporters are as safe as possible;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the importance of volunteers in sport; is in favour of creating a legal and tax framework that is suitable for the activities of sports associations; is also in favour of sponsorship in sportrecognises the importance of sponsorship in the financing of sport, with respect for the financial fair play principles;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the property rights of the organisers of sports competitions with regard to the events they organise;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect intellectual property rights in respect of sports content, with due regard for the public’s right to information;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fundamental importance of commercial exploitation of audiovisual rights for sports competitions being carried out on a centralised, exclusive and territorial basis, so as to ensure long-term financial solidarity between elite and mass-participation sport;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide the Union with a specific budget programme in the field of sport, as is now possible under Article 165 TFEU;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States and sport governing bodies to actively stimulate the social and democratic role of sport fans who support the principles of fair play, by promoting their involvement in the ownership and governance structures at their sports clubs and as important stakeholders in sports governing bodies;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Asks the European Commission to recognise the legality of measures fostering the promotion of locally trained players; believes that efforts of sports governing bodies to encourage the local training of players and to protect young players and training clubs should go further, thus strengthening the competitive balance within competitions and the healthy development of the European sports model;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the development of new talent is one of the core activities of a sports club, and that an over-dependence on the transfer of players can undermine sporting values;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls on the European Commissions to tackle the opacity of transfers and match-fixing, as announced in its EU anti-corruption strategy, by establishing minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences in this field;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the efforts of sports federations to ban the ownership of more than one sports club engaged in the same competition; takes the view that betting operators should be prohibited from holding a controlling stake in a body which organises or participates in competitions, and that bodies which organise or participate in competitions should be prohibited from holding a controlling stake in an operator offering bets on the events they organise or in which they participate;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that these measures are helping to improve governance, restore long-term financial stability and sustainability of clubs and contribute to financial fairness in European competitions, and therefore asks the European Commission to recognise the compatibility of such rules with EU law;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Supports measures and systems put in place by sports governing bodies in increasing transparency at all levels of the process of international transfers of players as an example of good governance and integrity in sport;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Member States to make any form of attack on the integrity of competitions – in particular where such an attack is betting-related, meaning that it involves the intentional and fraudulent manipulation of the result of a competition or of one of its phases of play in order to gain an advantage not based solely on normal sporting practice or the associated uncertainty – a criminal offence;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Maintains that it is essential to develop instruments designed to foster cooperation between public authorities and sports authorities in relation to cases of sports fraud, and that cooperation with Europol and Eurojust could be envisaged;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Asks the Commission to support public-private partnerships between sport governing bodies, gambling operators and anti-corruption authorities and assist in the development of effective, preventive and repressive strategies to counter match fixing in relation to gambling activities;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to submit, by 2012, a proposal aimed at gaining a better understanding of the specific needs of the sports sector and taking practical action to address them, with full regard to the provisions of Article 165 TFEU;