A national sports federation can be subject to EU public procurement rules, provided it is under the control of a sufficiently influential public authority, according to a judgment by the EU Court of Justice on Wednesday 3 February.
The Court ruled in Joined Cases C-155/19 and C-156/19, which pitted the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) against a tenderer, alleging that it had failed to comply with the rules on publication laid down in public procurement regulations, in the context of a...