Financial Fair Play: Belgian court bans UEFA from implementing the second phase (€30m max deficit)

"As counsels for the claimants, we believe this Belgian judgment is the right answer to the Financial Fair Play issue. Let’s have the highest EU court examining peacefully its EU legality. We also are convinced this breakthrough is one more reason for UEFA to adopt -- on 01/07/2015 -- the amendments to FFP it has announced," stated the Belgian lawyers Jean-Louis Dupont and Martin Hissel on 23/06/2015.

A "request for interim measures" had been lodged with the Court of First Instance in Brussels (BEL) by Jean-Louis Dupont (one of the lawyers behind the Bosman ruling on 15/12/1995) and his Belgian compatriot, Martin Hissel, against Financial Fair Play, on behalf of Daniel Striani (player agent) and a number of English, French and Belgian football supporters, on 10/10/2014. This request was intended to prohibit UEFA from proceeding with the second phase of the implementation of Financial Fair Play expected in 2015-16 (a maximum deficit of only €30m if fully implemented) and oblige UEFA to remain to the current deficit limit since 2013-14, which is up to €45m.

The Brussels Court of…