A FUTURE EUROPEAN
SPORTS POLICY
In the name of Autonomy and Specificity
By
Prof. Michele Colucci, Tilburg University
Website: www.colucci.eu - Email: info@colucci.eu
Public hearing - European Parliament
Brussels, 18 of November 2010
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KEY QUESTIONS
WHO CAN DO WHAT?
– Art. 165 TFEU
What is the right level of EU involvement in Sport
?
 Support - coordination – supplement (art.6 TFEU)
What do and what can Sports Stakeholders
expect from the European Union?
– Legal Certainty (?) – Specificity (?)
What are the potential areas of EU action?
 Promotion of “sporting issues” – Developing a
EUROPEAN DIMENSION IN SPORT
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Professionals
Amateurs
What is in a name?
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TWO CONCRETE PROPOSALS
on the basis of art. 165 TFUE
A EUROPEAN SPORTS
POLICY OBSERVATORY
THE
“ERASMUS
PROGRAMME”
LAW
AND
SPORTS
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A EU OBSERVATORY ON
SPORT
TO
COLLECT INFORMATION AND
DOCUMENTATION
TO SPOT DEFICIENCIES
TO FIND AND DISSEMINATE “BEST
PRACTICES”
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THE “ERASMUS SPORTS PROGRAMME”
MORE
THAN
PROGRAMME
AN
EXCHANGE
– Amateurs(the ones who play for fun!)Volunteers
EUROPEAN SPORTS EVENTS
EUROPEAN SPORTS SCHOOLS OR
ACADEMIES
AND
EVEN…EUROPEAN
SPORTS
TEAMS (Fontainebleau European Council (25 and 26
June 1984) Conclusions of the Presidency
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