Invitation for tender EAC n°19/2009: Based on Action 40 in the Pierre de Coubertin Action Plan annexed to the White Paper on Sport stating that "As regards access to individual competitions for non-nationals, the Commission intends to launch a study to analyse all aspects of this complex issue", now an invitation for tender for this study on the equal treatment of non-nationals in individual sports competitions has been launched.
The general objectives of the study are as follows:
- To map the situation concerning discrimination on grounds of nationality related to the access and to any other aspect of individual sports competitions in the European Union;
- To identify and analyse the nature and objectives of the discrimination;
- To analyse the identified discrimination taking into account the diversity and specific features of the different sport disciplines affected by the discrimination;
- To analyse the compatibility of the existing discriminatory measures with the Community legal framework;
- To assess to what extent action at the level of the European Union is needed in order to remedy the possible breaches of Community law deriving from the cases examined.
Deadline for the receipt of tenders is 18 September 2009.
The invitation to tender follows the publication of the prior information notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ 2009/S 66-093942 of 4 April 2009) and the contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities 2009/S 133-193373.
To obtain further information about this invitation for tender, please visit the website of the
European Commission Sport Unit.