Judgment_paragraph 75 · European Superleague Company, SL v Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (C-333/21)

75Nor, a fortiori, does the present case involve either the rules which may have been adopted by FIFA and UEFA in respect of other activities, or the provisions of the FIFA and UEFA Statutes on the functioning, organisation, objectives or even the very existence of those two associations, it being observed, in that regard, that the Court has held previously that, whilst enjoying legal autonomy allowing them to adopt rules on, inter alia, the organisation of competitions in their discipline, their proper functioning and the participation of sportspersons therein (see, to that effect, judgments of 11 April 2000, Deliège, C‑51/96 and C‑191/97, EU:C:2000:199, paragraphs 67 and 68, and of 13 June 2019, TopFit and Biffi, C‑22/18, EU:C:2019:497, paragraph 60), such associations may not, in so doing, limit the exercise of the rights and freedoms conferred by EU law on individuals (see, to that effect, judgments of 15 December 1995, Bosman, C‑415/93, EU:C:1995:463, paragraphs 81 and 83, and of 13 June 2019, TopFit and Biffi, C‑22/18, EU:C:2019:497, paragraph 52).