FIFA welcomes the decision of the Belgian Court to dismiss the appeal against the prohibition of TPO

"The Brussels Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Doyen Sports Investments, the Belgian second-division club Seraing United and the Spanish Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) against FIFA, UEFA, the Belgian FA and FIFPro seeking a temporary injunction to suspend the implementation of the worldwide ban on third-party ownership of players’ economic rights (TPO)," said FIFA on 17/03/2016.

"In the decision, which was handed down on 10 March 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld the position of the Brussels first-instance tribunal in finding the appellants to have failed to prove their allegations that the ban contravened EU law," added FIFA.

The Brussels Court of First Instance dismissed, on 24/07/2015, the appeal of the club Seraing United and the investment funds Doyen Sports, filed on 27/05/2015, for the suspension of the prohibition of TPO pending a decision on the merits of the case.

The prohibition of TPO took effect on 01/05/2015, in accordance with the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee on 19/12/2014.

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