Crónica de una regulación anunciadadeporte, fútbol y ayudas de Estado

Resumen

This work aims to analyze the relationship between sport, football and State aid under European Union law. The paper examines, firstly, the reasons that may explain why the European Commission has recently started to implement the rules on State aid to football clubs. Secondly, the paper analyzes the way in which the European Commission has applied the definition of State aid to the football field, and especially if the Commission has been flexible in the application of the criteria of Article 107.1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union in light of the so-called specificity of sport. Thirdly, the paper examines the applicability of the rules on compatibility and recovery of State aid to the football field in light of the jurisprudence of the European Courts.