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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9519
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sport

UEFA and FIFA hope to convince European Union not to subject football to competition rules

Brussels, 09/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - As the European Union is preparing to formally recognise the specific nature of sport in the simplified treaty that is to be submitted to the European Council of Lisbon on 18 and 19 October, sports organisations - especially those in the world of football - are still hoping that the text may be amended before it is signed, arguing that the specific nature of the sport cannot come under strict application of competition rules. In an interview granted to...

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