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Olympique Lyonnais SASP v Olivier Bernard and Newcastle UFC (C-325/08)
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Olympique Lyonnais SASP v Olivier Bernard and Newcastle UFC (C-325/08)

Judgment of 16 Mar 2010law://eu/cjeu/2008/c-325-08/para_30@2026-11-11

30Next, it is settled case-law that Article 45 TFEU extends not only to the actions of public authorities but also to rules of any other nature aimed at regulating gainful employment in a collective manner (see Bosman, paragraph 82 and the case-law cited).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-325/08 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:143
Decided: 16 Mar 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Cour de cassation (France)
Applicant: Olympique Lyonnais SASP
Defendants: Olivier Bernard; Newcastle United FC
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 9 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, P. Lindh, C.W.A. Timmermans, A. Rosas, P. Kūris, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, M. Ilešič
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62008CJ0325

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Freedom of movement for workers

History · 1 version

16 Mar 2010Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 16: SIA 'A' v C and Others (C-365/23); UL and SA Royal Antwerp Football Club v Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL (C-680/21); European Superleague Company, SL v Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (C-333/21); Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) v BZ (C-650/22); International Skating Union v European Commission (C-124/21 P); International Skating Union v European Commission (T-93/18); TopFit e.V. and Daniele Biffi v Deutscher Leichtathletikverband e.V (C-22/18)2 provisions; Peter Radgen and Lilian Radgen v Finanzamt Ettlingen (C-478/15); Pfotenhilfe-Ungarn e.V. v Ministerium für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (C-301/14); Zentralbetriebsrat der gemeinnützigen Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebs GmbH v Land Salzburg (C-514/12)2 provisions; Asociaţia Accept v Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării (C-81/12)2 provisions; Helga Petersen and Peter Petersen v Finanzamt Ludwigshafen (C-544/11)2 provisions; Caves Krier Frères Sàrl v Directeur de l’Administration de l’emploi (C-379/11)2 provisions; Ulf Kazimierz Radziejewski v Kronofogdemyndigheten i Stockholm (C-461/11)2 provisions; European Commission v Kingdom of the Netherlands (C-542/09)2 provisions; Maurits Casteels v British Airways plc (C-379/09)2 provisions
Cites 7: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)4 provisions; Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman, Royal club liégeois SA v Jean-Marc Bosman and others and Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) v Jean-Marc Bosman (C-415/93); Dieter Kraus v Land Baden-Württemberg (C-19/92); Karl Robert Kranemann v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (C-109/04); Olympique Lyonnais SASP v Olivier Bernard and Newcastle UFC (C-325/08); ITC Innovative Technology Center GmbH v Bundesagentur für Arbeit (C-208/05); David Meca-Medina and Igor Majcen v Commission of the European Communities (C-519/04)