Commentary on the CJEU Judgment of 1 August 2025, C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA, UEFA & URBSFA: Res Judicata, Sports Arbitration and EU Public Policy

Comentariu asupra Hotărârii CJUE din 1 august 2025, C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing vs. FIFA, UEFA & URBSFA: Res judicata, arbitrajul sportiv şi ordinea publică a Uniunii Europene

Dan MIHAI

Tudor VOINICU, LL.M.

ABSTRACT

This articleexamines the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 1 August 2025 in Case C-600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA, UEFA & URBSFA, where the Grand Chamber defined the limits of recognition of sports arbitral awards within the European Union. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that an arbitral award rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport arbitral tribunal, where the dispute concerns sport as an economic activity within the European Union, cannot be recognised as having res judicata or probative value in the EU unless it has been reviewed by a court...