CASE COMMENTS: STATE AIDS - STATE AID – SPORTS – PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUBS – DECISION TO INITIATE THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE

Sports: The European Commission takes an interest in public funding of professional football clubs and has serious doubts regarding several measures related to Spanish football clubs

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Comm. eur., 18 décembre 2013, Décisions C(2013) 8436, aide à certains clubs de sports professionnels espagnols, aide SA.29769 ; C(2013) 8437, Real Madrid CF, aide SA.33754 ; C(2013) 8454, aide présumée en faveur de trois clubs de football professionnel de Valence, aide SA.36387

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The year 2012 saw a renewed interest by the Commission in public measures in favour of professional football clubs. On 21 March 2012, the Competition Commissioner and the President of UEFA, in a joint statement, underlined the close links between the principles of

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