THE BIFFI JUDGEMENT AND THE SUAREZ CASE. JUDICIAL DECISION OF THE ECJ AND POSSIBLE REFORMS OF THE ITALIAN CIVIL CODE FROM AN EUROPEAN POINT OF VIEW

Through its judgments Biffi 1 and UB (both 2019), the ECJ set new accents by further extending the effect of the special characteristics of sport (Article 165 TFEU). In doing so, the ECJ expanded them in a way that sports federations had most likely not hoped for, let alone expected.