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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9466

12 July 2007
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sport
Commission acknowledges specificities of sports sector in its White Paper, but it must abide by European rules

Brussels, 11/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - As expected, on Wednesday, the European Commission adopted its White Paper on sport. This is the first initiative of its kind to acknowledge the social and economic importance of sport, and also its specificity. The European Union does not have exclusive competence in sport, but many Community policies have an impact on the various sporting disciplines. The White Paper, which has no legal force, seeks to provide strategic guidance, to consider the...

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