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CULT Committee meeting on the priorities of the Slovak EU Presidency

By Wolke7Hoch2 on September 13, 2016
On 13 July 2016, the Ministers for Education, Science, Research and for Sport and Culture, Peter Plavčan and Marek Maďarič, presented the priorities of the Slovak Presidency in regards to Sport, Education and Culture to the CULT Committee of the EU Parliament. Marek Maďarič first addressed the follow-up of the revision of the Audiovisual Media […]
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Changes in the order of EU Council Presidencies

By Wolke7Hoch2 on September 13, 2016
On 26 July 2016, the Council of the EU decided to change the order, in which Member States will hold their Presidencies until 2030 (the previous decision concerned only the period until June 2020). This came as a consequence of the UK’s decision to give up its Presidency in the second half of 2017, following […]
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Annual Partner Meeting of the EOC EU Office takes place in Brussels

By Wolke7Hoch2 on July 14, 2016
On 27 June, the EOC EU Office organised its Annual Partner Meeting gathering representatives of its partner organisations. This year, 17 partner organisations attended the meeting including representatives of FIBA Europe and the British Olympic Association, two organisations which have joined the EOC EU Office in the first half of 2016. The meeting was divided […]
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European Commission publishes decisions on State aids for professional football clubs in the Netherlands and Spain

By Wolke7Hoch2 on July 14, 2016
On 4 July, the European Commission published its decisions regarding four separate in-depth investigations on State aids received by professional football clubs in the Netherlands and Spain. It is a particularly busy period for EU State aid policy in the field of sport as these decisions on the most prominent state aid cases in European […]
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General Court of the EU confirms subsidies to grassroots sport

By Wolke7Hoch2 on July 14, 2016
Following its judgement on the similar case “Hamr Sport", the General Court of the EU published its judgement on the German state aid case “Deutscher Alpenverein-Magic Mountain u.a.” (T-162/13) on 9 June 2016. In this judgement, the court rejected the complaint by Magic Mountain, a private operator of climbing halls and confirmed the European Commission […]
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SIGGS Project in full swing: Strategic Workshops and EOC Seminar

By Wolke7Hoch2 on June 8, 2016
The SIGGS Project (“Support the Implementation of Good Governance in Sport”), which is coordinated by the EOC EU Office together with 11 partner organisations, had a very busy month of May. After the national first Strategic Workshop, which took place in Lithuania on 13 April, two additional Strategic Workshops were organised in May. The Strategic […]
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Court upholds the principles of art. 165 TFEU in a State aid ruling

By Wolke7Hoch2 on June 8, 2016
On 12May 2016, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled on the Czech “Hamr Sport” case, deciding to uphold the European Commission’s decision to declare public subsidies to non-for-profit sport facilities as compatible with the EU Internal Market. The Court’s ruling in this case is significant for the sport sector. Not only did […]
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EU Sports Ministers Council meeting focuses on good governance

By Wolke7Hoch2 on June 8, 2016
On 31 May 2016, the EU Sports Ministers met in Brussels for the formal Sports Ministers Council in order to discuss how governments can improve governance in sports against the background of recent corruption, match-fixing and doping scandals and the consequent negative impact on the credibility and positive values of sport. In her opening statement, […]
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EOC EU Office welcomed high level delegation from CNOSF

By Wolke7Hoch2 on May 9, 2016
On 4 and 5 April, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) organised a visit to Brussels for the participants of its program “Parcours Ambition Internationale”. Created in 2013, this program intends to support, every year, French high representatives in their commitment and activities within European and international sport organisations. The organisation of three seminars allows the […]
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Final adoption of the EU data protection reform

By Wolke7Hoch2 on May 9, 2016
On 27 April 2016, after four years of tough negotiations, the EU has finally adopted the data protection reform package including the “General Data Protection Regulation” and the “Data Protection Directive for Police and Criminal Justice Authorities”.  Updating the current rules adopted in 1995, this reform aims to strengthen citizens' fundamental rights in the digital […]
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