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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 386143" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>So what happened to the Bosman and Kolpak Rulings of the European Court?</p><p></p><p>[textarea]The <strong>Bosman ruling</strong> is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association, and direct effect of article 39 of the EC Treaty. <strong>The case banned restrictions of foreign EU members within the national leagues</strong> and allowed professional football players in the European Union to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team.[/textarea]</p><p></p><p>[textarea]The <strong>Kolpak ruling</strong> is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on May 8, 2003 in favour of Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak handball player. It declared that citizens of certain countries which have signed agreements with the European Union, have the same right to freedom of work and movement within the EU as EU citizens. <strong>Thus any restrictions placed on their right to work (such as quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign players in sports teams) are deemed illegal </strong>under EU law.[/textarea]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 386143, member: 20605"] So what happened to the Bosman and Kolpak Rulings of the European Court? [textarea]The [B]Bosman ruling[/B] is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association, and direct effect of article 39 of the EC Treaty. [B]The case banned restrictions of foreign EU members within the national leagues[/B] and allowed professional football players in the European Union to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team.[/textarea] [textarea]The [B]Kolpak ruling[/B] is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on May 8, 2003 in favour of Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak handball player. It declared that citizens of certain countries which have signed agreements with the European Union, have the same right to freedom of work and movement within the EU as EU citizens. [B]Thus any restrictions placed on their right to work (such as quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign players in sports teams) are deemed illegal [/B]under EU law.[/textarea] [/QUOTE]
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