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New disciplinary regulations for the French Football Federation
Held on March 17 2017 during its Federal Assembly, the FFF adopted its new disciplinary regulations applicable for 2017 / 2018 season. It also adopted the amendment of the medical certificate validity period.
The proposed sports ethics law was finally adopted
On Wednesday February 15, 2017, the Senate definitively adopted the bill aimed at preserving the ethics of sport, strengthening the regulation and transparency of professional sport and improving the competitiveness of clubs.
Boxing: violation of freedom of work of amateur sport justifies the urgency
The Administrative Court of Montreuil suspended, by an order of February 24, 2017, the execution of the decision of the French Boxing Federation imposing on an amateur boxer the disciplinary penalty of suspension of federal license for five years.
Football: payroll deductions assimilated to pecuniary penalties prohibited
According to the judgment of the Lyon Labor Council, a deduction from wages decided by a professional football club against one of these players is a financial penalty prohibited by the Labor Code. Cabinet Bertrand is the player's counsel in this matter.
Football, Case Lassana Diarra: Fifa regulations contrary to the principle of free movement of workers
On January 19, 2017, the Commercial Court of Hainaut, in the context of the dispute between the player Lassana Diarra and FIFA and the Belgian Football Federation, declared article 17.2 of the Regulation of Status and Transfer of Players.
[News of the World] The latest news of the International Football
Several important decisions have been taken by Fifa and UEFA. Gibraltar should join Fifa, Kosovo is a new member of UEFA. In Africa, the Beninese Federation is suspended by Fifa; and Equatorial Guinea, she is excluded from the 2020 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
New disciplinary regulation for licensed sports federations
The new Model Disciplinary Rules were eagerly awaited. Adopted on August 1, 2016, Decree No. 2016-1054 modifies numerous provisions of this Regulation.
The CNOSF conciliation procedure
The compulsory conciliation procedure CNOSF (French National Olympic and Sporting Committee). The attempt at CNOSF conciliation is a mandatory prerequisite before any litigation in sports matters.
The IOC wants a reform of the fight against doping
The IOC announced on October 8 2016 when 5ème Olympic Summit, want to reform the fight against doping worldwide. Several recommendations were made.
Communication from the CAS on the judgment rendered by the German Federal Court in the Pechstein case
German justice refused to apply a judgment of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on the grounds that it was contrary to European Union law. In a new judgment of the Federal Court of June 7, 2016, the courts revisited this position and validated the procedure before the CAS.
Judo, Loic Korval banned of Olympics for doping?
While his suspension was reduced to one year by the Supreme court (April 15, 2016), the French Antidoping Agency (AFLD) indicated according to a press release that the judoka Loic Korval will not have served by the Games his suspension for three failures to locate
ITV, 21.12.2015
Intervention by Maître Jean-Jacques Bertrand on Itélé on 21.12.2015 about the suspension of Michel Platini by Fifa.
Leonardo: press release
Press release on behalf of Mr. Leonardo de Araujo to make public the agreement to end the dispute between him and the French Football Federation (following his disciplinary suspension by the FFF, suspension canceled by the Administrative Court of Paris and the Council of State)
Case Benzema - Valbuena: Karim Benzema indicted
Maître Christophe BERTRAND, lawyer in sports law, discusses the indictment of Karim Benzema in the case of the alleged blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena.
ITV, 05.11.2015
Itélé - Maître Christophe Bertrand in the program Le Grand Décryptage of 05/11/2015 about the indictment of Karim Benzema in the so-called "sextape" case.
France 3, 09.10.2015
Interview with Me Jean-Jacques Bertrand, in the newspaper of France 3, concerning the suspension of Michel Platini for 90 days by the FIFA ethics committee.
Doping, procedure and AFLD decision
A decision of the Council of State (May 11, 2015, n ° 374386) provides an update on the procedure to be followed by the French Agency for the Fight against Doping (AFLD) in the context of the sanctions it pronounces at the 'against athletes who are no longer licensed with a Federation.
Challenge CAS decisions before national courts? (Pechstein case)
German justice has just rendered a decision refusing to apply judgments of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and of the International Federations on the grounds that they were contrary to European Union law, case of Pechstein v / International Skating Union Court of 'Munich call 15.01.2015
BFMTV, 10.04.2014
Leonardo before the State Council on April 10 2014, accompanied by Masters Christophe Bertrand and Paul Mauriac
Automatic sanction imposed by the French Basketball Federation canceled by the Council of State
The Council of State annuls two decisions of the Appeal Chamber of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) and two provisions of the General Regulations, on the grounds that they disregard the principle of individualization of penalties resulting from the Declaration of Human and Citizen Rights of 1789