Peculiarities of the UEFA Requirements Implementation Relating to the Organization and Staging of the European Championships into the National Legislation

The article is devoted to the definition of the basic approaches to fulfilling the UEFA requirements to the national law of the host State in relation to the organization and staging of the European Football Championship on its territory. The authors review the main features and types of such requirements, as well as the experience of such States as France and Poland in this sphere. The authors formulate conclusions concerning possible problems related to the implementation of such requirements, and potential solutions. It is pointed out that the main difficulties associated with implementation of UEFA requirements into national legislation may be associated with a potential contradiction of some of these national requirements in the public interest or, in some aspects, public policy or principles of the legal system of a particular State. In this case, it is possible that the State refuses such requirements, emphasizing more efficient and detailed execution of other UEFA requirements using France as an example. It is stressed that the most expedient is to adopt a system of regulatory legal acts, establishing temporary legal regime for the implementation of certain activities. A number of proposals aimed at regulating the entry and exit procedures to/from the Russian Federation, the migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in connection with the implementation of the activities of UEFA Euro 2020, which involve special legal regime in respect to the relevant persons. In addition to the above-mentioned special arrangements, the authors propose special procedure for the work activities during the UEFA Euro 2020. These include security provision, peculiarities of the implementation of foreign exchange operations and customs regulations, transport, protection and implementation of property rights, requirements to ensure fair competition, the development of communication and information technologies, as well as many other aspects directly related to preparation and staging of the UEFA Euro Championship 2020.

sports, sports law, international sports event, the European championship, UEFA

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