Bulletin TAS CAS Bulletin 2019/01 TRIBUNAL ARBITRAL DU SPORT/COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT __________________________________________________________________ Bulletin TAS CAS Bulletin 2019/1 Lausanne 2019 1 Table des matières/Table of Contents Editorial ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Articles et commentaires / Articles and Commentaries ....................................................................... 6 La protection des joueurs mineurs au sens de l’art. 19 RSTJ Juan Pedro Barroso ................................................................................................................................ 7 The FIFA arbitration clauses under scrutiny of the Belgian Judge: The Seraing case Stéphanie De Dycker ........................................................................................................................... 23 Jurisprudence majeure / Leading Cases ................................................................................................ 33 CAS 2017/A/4977 Smouha SC v. Ismaily SC & Aziz Abdul & Club Asante Kotoko FC & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 4 February 2019 .................................................................................................................................... 34 CAS 2017/A/5003 Jérôme Valcke v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 27 July 2018 ........................................................................................................................................... 42 CAS 2017/A/5045 Maria Farnosova v. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) & All Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) 27 July 2018 ........................................................................................................................................... 57 CAS 2017/A/5299 Olympique Lyonnais v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) 10 August 2018 ..................................................................................................................................... 66 CAS 2017/A/5359 Persepolis Football Club v. Rizespor Futbol Yatirimlari 29 May 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 72 CAS 2017/A/5369 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) & Gordon Gilbert 21 June 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 77 TAS 2017/A/5382 Jules Accorsi c. Fédération Internationale de Football (FIFA) & Fédération Centrafricaine de Football (RCA) 15 août 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 83 CAS 2017/A/5459 Isidoros Kouvelos v. International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) 6 November 2018 (operative part of 11 May 2018) ........................................................................ 92 CAS 2018/A/5733 Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (KRC Genk) v. Manchester United Football Club 15 November 2018 ............................................................................................................................. 100 CAS 2018/A/5745 2 Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) v. International Handball Federation (IHF) 26 October 2018 (operative part of 13 September 2018) ............................................................. 104 CAS 2018/A/5800 Samir Arab v. Union Européenne de Football Association (UEFA) 14 November 2018 (operative part of 16 August 2018) ............................................................... 111 Jugements du Tribunal fédéral / Judgements of the Federal Tribunal ........................................... 121 Judgment of the Federal Tribunal 4A_424/2017 23 October 2017 X (Appellant) v. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and World Squash Federation (WSF) (Respondents) ...................................................................................................................................... 122 Judgment of the Federal Tribunal 4A_426/2017 17 April 2018 L. (Appellant) v. International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) Respondent ........ 125 Arrêt du Tribunal Fédéral 4A_560/2018 16 novembre 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (recourante) c. José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales et Agence Mondiale Antidopage (AMA) (intimés) ...................................................... 130 Judgment of the Federal Tribunal 4A_382/2018 15 January 2019 International Olympic Committee (IOC) (Appellant) v. X (Respondent) ................................. 133 Arrêt du Tribunal Fédéral 4A_556/2019 5 mars 2019 Jose Marcio da Costa c. Salem Alwan Jawad et Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ............................................................................................................................. 139 Informations diverses / Miscellanous.................................................................................................. 147 Publications récentes relatives au TAS/Recent publications related to CAS ............................ 148 3 Editorial - Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc (Slovenia) was re- elected as ICAS Vice-President; Mid-year news include the start-up of the - Corinne Schmidhauser (Switzerland) was permanent CAS Anti-Doping Division re-elected as President of the CAS (ADD) as of 1 January 2019 whose role is to Appeals Division; manage first-instance procedures relating to - Elisabeth Steiner (Austria), former judge anti-doping matters. The new list of of the European Court of Human Rights arbitrators specialized in anti-doping was elected as Deputy President of the regulations (the CAS ADD list) is separated Appeals Division; from the CAS general list of arbitrators in order to avoid that the same arbitrators be - Carole Malinvaud (France) was re-elected eligible in first-instance and in appeal. as President of the CAS Ordinary However, the CAS ADD arbitrators will Division; remain eligible to rule on cases submitted to - Giulio Napolitano (Italy), professor of the CAS Ordinary Division (sole instance). Administrative Law and Comparative Administrative Law at the Roma Tre The ICAS is satisfied that CAS makes every University was elected as Deputy effort to ensure that the proceedings of the President of the Ordinary Division; new Anti-Doping Division are lighter and quicker in order to make the system work in - Ivo Eusebio (Switzerland), former judge the long run. Earlier this year, the CAS ADD of the Swiss Federal tribunal, was elected registered its first procedures, all filed by the as President of the CAS Anti-Doping IOC. Two procedures have been already Division; completed, in less than seven weeks from the - David W. Rivkin (USA), specialist in filing of the request for arbitration until the international dispute resolution, past final decision. A third procedure has been President of the International Bar initiated in June 2019 and is ongoing. Association (IBA) and former CAS arbitrator, has been appointed as Deputy The first International Federation to delegate President of the Anti-Doping Division. its first-instance authority to the CAS ADD was the International Triathlon Union (ITU) in March 2019. The International Ski The appointed Division Presidents will be Federation (ISF) and the World Archery involved in the following commissions Federation (WA) signed the official formed by the ICAS at the beginning of this declaration recognizing the CAS ADD year: procedure during SportAccord on the Gold Challenge Commission (new; chaired by Coast, Australia on 7 May 2019. Since then, Justice Ellen Gracie Northfleet, former the International Luge Federation (FIL) has President of the Supreme Court in Brazil, and also recognized the jurisdiction of the CAS composed of the 3 Division Presidents and ADD and further IFs are in the process of the 3 Deputy Presidents, less the President utilising the services of the CAS ADD. and Deputy of the Division concerned by the specific procedure for challenge), which will A propos ICAS, the elections took place on handle the petitions for challenge raised 28 May 2019 with the following result for the against CAS arbitrators. current 4-year cycle (2019-2022): Membership Commission (renewed; - John Coates (Australia) was re-elected as chaired by Swiss Federal Judge Yves Rüedi ICAS/CAS President; and composed of Ms Tricia Smith (Canada), - Michael Lenard (USA) was re-elected as Olympian in rowing, IOC Member and ICAS Vice-President; President Canadian NOC, and the three Division Presidents), which shall review the 4 lists of CAS arbitrators and mediators, as well of the new club is analysed. Finally, the 5003 as the candidatures of potential new CAS Jerôme Valcke v. FIFA case addresses several members. interesting issues related to the violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics by a FIFA official. All Presidents and Deputy Presidents of the CAS Divisions and of the new ICAS Turning to doping, the case 5369 WADA v. Commissions have been chosen from outside SAIDS and Gordon Gilbert involving the use the entities of the Olympic Movement and of testosterone addresses the issue of the are independent. The ICAS has a total of 20 duty to establish the route of ingestion of the Members, 11 men and 9 women. prohibited substance in order to establish lack of intent