52Turning, firstly, to the assertion that sports associations are free to establish their rules, it should be borne in mind, as has already been noted in paragraph 40 above, that the freedom of private associations to adopt sporting rules cannot authorise them to limit the exercise of rights conferred on individuals by the Treaty (see, to that effect, judgment of 15 December 1995, Bosman, C‑415/93, EU:C:1995:463, paragraph 81).
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