Bulletin TAS CAS Bulletin 2019/02 TRIBUNAL ARBITRAL DU SPORT/COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT __________________________________________________________________ Bulletin TAS CAS Bulletin 2019/2 Lausanne 2019 Table des matières/Table of Contents Editorial ………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Articles et commentaires / Articles and Commentaries ....................................................................... 6 CAS procedures and their efficiency Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Ségolène Couturier ................................................................. 7 Aperçu du nouveau Code disciplinaire FIFA 2019 Estelle de La Rochefoucauld ............................................................................................................... 18 Sports arbitration ex aequo et bono: basketball as a groundbreaker Hubert Radke ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Jurisprudence majeure / Leading Cases ................................................................................................ 52 CAS 2018/A/5580 Blagovest Krasimirov Bozhinovski v. Anti-Doping Centre of the Republic of Bulgaria (ADC) & Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) 8 March 2019 ......................................................................................................................................... 53 CAS 2018/A/5607 SA Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht (RSCA) v. Matías Ezequiel Suárez & Club Atlético Belgrano de Córdoba (CA Belgrano) & CAS 2018/A/5608 Matías Ezequiel Suárez & CA Belgrano v. RSCA 22 January 2019 ..................................................................................................................................... 59 CAS 2018/A/5615 Jared Higgs v. Bahamas Football Association (BFA) 25 March 2019 ....................................................................................................................................... 71 CAS 2018/A/5746 Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim ve Futebol Isletmeciligi A.S., Trabzonspor Sportif Yatirim Futebol Isletmeciligi A.S. & Trabzonspor Kulübü Dernegi v. Turkish Football Federation (TFF), Fenerbahçe Futbol A.S., Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 30 July 2019 ........................................................................................................................................... 79 2018/A/5771 Al Wakra FC v. Gastón Maximiliano Sangoy & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) & CAS 2018/A/5772 Gastón Maximiliano Sangoy v. Al Wakra FC 11 March 2019 (operative part of 3 December 2018) .................................................................. 86 CAS 2018/A/5853 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) v. Tribunal Nacional Disciplinario Antidopaje (TNDA) & Damián Marcelo Musto 2 July 2019 ............................................................................................................................................. 95 CAS 2018/A/5864 Cruzeiro E.C. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2 13 February 2019 ................................................................................................................................ 102 CAS 2018/A/5868 Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) v. International Handball Federation (IHF) 10 May 2019 ........................................................................................................................................ 108 CAS 2018/A/5898 Football Club “Irtysh” v. Bukari Sadat 15 April 2019 ....................................................................................................................................... 115 CAS 2018/A/5977 FC Rubin Kazan v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) 29 May 2019 ........................................................................................................................................ 120 Jugements du Tribunal fédéral / Judgements of the Federal Tribunal ........................................... 127 4A_494/2018 25 juin 2019 X. c. Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol (CONMEBOL) ................................................... 128 4A_540/2018 7 May 2019 Jérôme Valcke v. The Fédération Internationale de Football Associations (FIFA) ............................... 135 Informations diverses / Miscellanous.................................................................................................. 147 Publications récentes relatives au TAS/Recent publications related to CAS ............................ 148 3 Editorial The CAS ADD is located in new offices, in the south of Lausanne (avenue de Rhodanie Although 2019 is not an Olympic year, it is a 60). These new premises are temporary, significant year for the CAS in several pending the completion of the future new respects. CAS headquarters at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne towards the end of 2021. First, the permanent CAS Anti-Doping Division (ADD) has been established as of 1 Then, for the second time in the history of January 2019. Its role is to manage first- CAS, a hearing has been held in public on 15 instance procedures relating to anti-doping November 2019 in Montreux/Switzerland. matters, pursuant to the delegation of powers The appeal was filed by the World Anti- from signatories to the World Anti-Doping doping Agency (WADA) at the CAS in Code (WADC). The new list of arbitrators relation to a decision issued by the Fédération specialized in anti-doping regulations (the Internationale de Natation (FINA) Doping CAS ADD list) is separated from the CAS Panel dated 3 January 2019 exonerating the general list of arbitrators in order to avoid Chinese swimmer Sun Yang from any that the same arbitrators be eligible in first- sanction following an out-of-competition instance and in appeal. However, the CAS doping control. It has always been possible ADD arbitrators will remain eligible to for CAS hearings to be held in public as long decide cases submitted to the CAS Ordinary as all parties to the procedure agreed to the Division (sole instance). The ADD list proceedings being conducted in public. The include 21 arbitrators eligible for party first public hearing - also involving a nomination, 24 Panel Presidents / Sole swimmer - took place in 1999 in the matter Arbitrators (not eligible for party Michelle Smith De Bruin v. FINA. However, nomination) and 9 arbitrators eligible for at the beginning of 2019, following a decision WADC non-compliance issues (article 23.5 taken by the European Court of Human WADC). To date, the following 10 Rights (ECHR) in the cases Pechstein & International Federations (IF) have delegated Mutu v. Switzerland, the CAS updated its their first-instance authority to the CAS procedural rules to widen the scope for ADD: the International Triathlon Union hearings to be held in public, which can be (ITU), the Fédération Internationale de Ski held at the sole request of the athlete when (FIS), the Fédération Internationale de Luge the dispute is of a disciplinary nature. In the (FIL), the World Archery (WA), the case WADA v/ Sun Yang & FINA, the Fédération International des Sociétés public hearing was requested by Sun Yang. d'Aviron (FISA), the International Bobsleigh Neither WADA, nor FINA raised any & Skeleton Federation (FIBT), the objection to such request and the CAS Panel International Shooting Sport Federation confirmed that a public hearing should be (ISSF), the International Biathlon Union organised. (IBU), the International Judo Federation (IJF), the International Weightlifting Several conferences will be organised or co- Federation (IWF). More IFs are willing to organized by the CAS in 2020. On 30 January delegate anti-doping matters to the CAS 2020, a public seminar will be held in ADD in the near future. The CAS ADD has Montréal, Canada, hosted by the CAS and the already registered its first procedures, mainly Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada filed by the IOC and linked with the Olympic (SDRCC) entitled “Fostering Integrity in Sport Games, involving the retest of samples from with Dispute Resolution”. Moreover, an previous Olympic Games. These procedures International Sports Law Conference, have been completed in less than seven supported by the Court of Arbitration for weeks from the filing of the request for Sport, will be held on 25, 26, 27 March 2020 arbitration until the final decision. in Johannesburg, South Africa. The key 4 issues of the conference will notably include Couturier. Furthermore, an interesting a presentation of the various anti-doping analysis of the concept of ex aequo et bono in procedures before the CAS, an overview of arbitration has been prepared by Hubert CAS jurisprudence in anti-doping matters, Radke, former professional basketball player the new 2021 World Anti-Doping Code and in Europe, currently a sports lawyer. Lastly, International Standards and a review of CAS an overview of the new FIFA disciplinary procedural issues. Finally, the CAS will play Code written by Estelle de La an active role in the annual conference of the Rochefoucauld, CAS counsel, has been US Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) which included in this issue. will take place in Miami, USA, on Friday 15 May 2020. The programme will be As usual, summaries of the most recent announced closer to the event, but it will judgements rendered by the Swiss Federal cover a variety of topics including areas of Tribunal in connection with CAS decisions global football (soccer), anti-doping (the new have been