1 Amendments of Sajjad KARIM related to 2007/2261(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that, in view of the unique characteristics of sport, the Commission should consider, after consulting the various interests concerned and Parliament, the adoption of interpretative guidelines designed to clarify the whole question of the relationship between Community law and "sporting rules" that do not fall within the remit of that law and the area to which that law applies, in particular the demarcation between those aspects of the organisation of sport which are subject to that law and those rules which are not, having regard also to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, and bearing in mind that sporting rules concerning questions of purely sporting interest and having as such nothing to do with economic activity do not fall within the scope of the Treaty; points out that such rules, which relate to the particular nature and context of sporting events, are inherent in the organisation and proper conduct of sporting competition and cannot be regarded as constituting a restriction on the Community rules on free movement of workers and freedom to provide services, provided that the restrictive effects on competition are proportionate to the legitimate genuine sporting interest pursued;