Judgment_paragraph 115 · European Superleague Company, SL v Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (C-333/21)

115In the present case, given the subject matter of the main proceedings and the referring court’s statements, the Court finds that Articles 101 and 102 TFEU are applicable to FIFA and UEFA inasmuch as those two associations carry out a two-fold economic activity consisting, as is apparent from paragraphs 34, 90 and 92 of the present judgment, in the organisation and marketing of interclub football competitions on European Union territory and the exploitation of the various rights related to those competitions and that, in that capacity, they must be categorised as ‘undertakings’. Moreover, Article 101 TFEU is applicable to them since those associations’ members are national football associations which may themselves be categorised as ‘undertakings’ inasmuch as they carry on an economic activity related to the organisation and marketing of interclub football competitions at national level and the exploitation of the rights related thereto, or themselves have, as members or affiliates, entities which, like football clubs, may be categorised as such.