ZD and MI v Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and Others (C-424/24)

Judgment of 16 Jul 2026

law://eu/cjeu/2024/c-424-24/para_84@2026-11-12

84The second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU obliges Member States to provide remedies sufficient to ensure effective judicial protection for individual parties in the fields covered by EU law. The principle of the effective judicial protection of individual parties’ rights and freedoms under EU law referred to in that provision is a general principle of EU law stemming from the constitutional traditions common to the Member States, enshrined in particular in Article 47 of the Charter, from which it is clear that everyone whose rights and freedoms guaranteed by EU law are infringed has the right to an effective remedy before a tribunal in compliance with the conditions laid down in that article (see, to that effect, judgments of 21 December 2021, Randstad Italia, C‑497/20, EU:C:2021:1037, paragraphs 56 and 57 and the case-law cited, and of 16 October 2025, PROFIL-COPY 2002, C‑510/24, EU:C:2025:795, paragraph 38).

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Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-424/24 · ECLI:EU:C:2026:602
Decided: 16 Jul 2026
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio (Regional Administrative Court, Lazio, Italy)
Applicants: ZD; MI
Defendants: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC); Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) and 3 more
Procura federale presso la Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC); Collegio di garanzia dello sport presso il Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI); Corte federale d’appello presso la Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)
Rapporteur: J. Passer
Advocate General: D. Spielmann
Bench: 5 judges
M.L. Arastey Sahún, J. Passer, D. Gratsias, B. Smulders, N. Fenger
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62024CJ0424

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Agreements, decisions and concerted practices Charter of Fundamental Rights Freedom of establishment Freedom of movement for workers Freedom to provide services Principles of Union law

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Cites 3: Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Randstad Italia SpA v Umana SpA and Others (C-497/20); PROFIL-COPY 2002 Irodatechnikai Kft. v Közigazgatási és Területfejlesztési Minisztérium (C-510/24)