103As regards the economic and legal context of the rules in respect of which the national court is referring questions to the Court, it is apparent, first of all, from the case-law of the Court that, bearing in mind the specific nature of the ‘products’, which sporting competitions are from an economic point of view, it is generally open to associations that are responsible for sporting discipline, such as UEFA and the URBSFA, to adopt rules relating, inter alia, to the organisation of competitions in that discipline, their proper functioning and the participation of athletes in those competitions (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), provided that, in so doing, those associations do not limit the exercise of the rights and freedoms that EU law confers 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).
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