Case C-124/21 P: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — International Skating Union v European Commission, Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert, Niels Kerstholt, European Elite Athletes As...

Official Journal of the European Union EN C series C/2024/2270 2.4.2024 Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 December 2023 — International Skating Union v European Commission, Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert, Niels Kerstholt, European Elite Athletes Association (Case C-124/21 P) (1) (Appeal — Competition — Rules introduced by an international sports association — Skating — Private law entity vested with regulatory, control and decision-making powers, and the power to impose sanctions — Rules on the prior approval of competitions, the participation of athletes in those competitions and the arbitration rules governing conflicts — Parallel pursuit of economic activities —Organisation and marketing of competitions — Article 101(1) TFEU — Decision by an association of undertakings adversely affecting competition — Concepts of anticompetitive ‘object’ and ‘effect’ —Justification — Conditions) (C/2024/2270) Language of the case: English Parties Appellant: International Skating Union (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, avocat) Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: G. Meessen, F. van Schaik, H. van Vliet and C. Zois, acting as Agents), Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert, Niels Kerstholt, European Elite Athletes Association (represented by: B.J. H. Braeken, T.C. Hieselaar and X.Y.G. Versteeg, advocaten) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Upholds the cross-appeal; 3. Sets aside the judgment of the General Court...