The Belgian Competition Authority rejects a complaint on alleged discriminatory licensing practices from the national football union (URBSFA)

The Parties SA Tilleur-Liège is a company which main activity was the management of a football team (Tilleur-Liège). It went in bankruptcy in 2004. The URBSFA (Union Royale Belge des Sociétés Football Association) is responsible for the organization of football events in Belgium. It holds administrative and judicial powers over its members, both clubs and individual practitioners. The facts In 2003, URBSFA refused to grant the so called “professional