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CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica V. FC Parma, Award of 2 February 2015

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Abstract

The case centres around a request for training compensation for a player who played 65 matches in the ‘A’ team of a Slovak club before he was transferred to an Italian club at the age of 20 years. As the player moved within the EU, special FIFA provisions apply which require that in order to be eligible to receive training compensation, the old club must offer the player a new contract by registered mail at least 60 days before the expiry of the existing contract. The main issues in dispute between the parties were (i) if the old club had sent a new employment contract to the player by registered mail, and (ii) when the training of the player had ended. Further, this seems to be only the third time that a CAS Panel had to deal with the exclusion of evidence based on Article R57(3) CAS Code. Recently, also the Swiss Federal Tribunal—as the court of ‘supervisory jurisdiction’ dealing with appeals against CAS awards—decided on the legality and scope of this provision, expressing a different opinion from that of the CAS. This is why this article discusses the Panel’s discretion to exclude evidence in depth.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The FIFA DRC decision was rendered on 31 July 2013.

  2. 2.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, Award of 2 February 2015, para 37.

  3. 3.

    Ibid., para 78.

  4. 4.

    Ibid., para 37.

  5. 5.

    Ibid., para 38.

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    Ibid.

  8. 8.

    Ibid.

  9. 9.

    Ibid.

  10. 10.

    Ibid., para 49.

  11. 11.

    CAS 2009/A/1880 & 1881, FC Sion & E. v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) & Al-Ahly Sporting Club, Award of 1 June 2010, para 18.

  12. 12.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, para 51.

  13. 13.

    Ibid., para 53.

  14. 14.

    Ibid., para 79.

  15. 15.

    Ibid., para 81.

  16. 16.

    Ibid., para 85.

  17. 17.

    Ibid., para 90.

  18. 18.

    Ibid., para 95.

  19. 19.

    CAS 2003/O/527, Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. v. Odense Boldklub, Award of 21 April 2004; CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa FC v. Real Racing Club Santander, Award of 2 October 2006.

  20. 20.

    See Sect. 8.2.3 of this Article; CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa v. Santander, para 20 et seq.; CAS 2008/A/1705, Neue Grasshopper Fussball AG Zurich v. Club Alianza de Lima, Award of 18 June 2009, para 9.4.

  21. 21.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, para 100.

  22. 22.

    Ibid., para 102.

  23. 23.

    Ibid., para 103.

  24. 24.

    Ibid., para 104.

  25. 25.

    CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa v. Santander and CAS 2011/A/2682, Udinese Calcio S.p.A. v. Helsingborgs IF, Award of 23 May 2012.

  26. 26.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, para 106.

  27. 27.

    Article 6 of Annexe 4 to the FIFA RSTP.

  28. 28.

    The other two were: CAS 2013/A/3286-3294, SC FC Sportul Studentesc SA v. Romanian Football Federation & several players, Award of 7 March 2014; and CAS 2014/A/3518, Zamalek Sporting Club v. Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, Award of 31 October 2014. See Kitching J, Not comfortably satisfied? The upcoming Court of Arbitration for Sport case of the thirty-four current and former players of the Essendon football club, 4 September 2015. http://www.asser.nl/SportsLaw/Blog/post/not-comfortably-satisfied-the-upcoming-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-case-of-the-thirty-four-current-and-former-players-of-the-essendon-football-club-by-james-kitching. Accessed 10 January 2016.

  29. 29.

    Levy R, The new CAS Rules—what you need to know, 27 May 2013. http://www.lawinsport.com/blog/roy-levy/item/the-new-cas-rules-what-you-need-to-know. Accessed 10 January 2016. See also Rigozzi et al. 2013a, b, p. 1036 para 4.

  30. 30.

    Article R57(1) CAS Code.

  31. 31.

    Del Fabro 2015, p. 1153.

  32. 32.

    Levy 2013.

  33. 33.

    CAS 1998/A/208, N., J., Y., W. v. FINA, Award of 22 December 1998.

  34. 34.

    Mavromati and Reeb 2015, Article R57, para 53.

  35. 35.

    Mavromati 2014, p. 56.

  36. 36.

    Article 9 Swiss Constitution.

  37. 37.

    Article 2(1) CO.

  38. 38.

    Article 52 Swiss Code of Civil Procedure.

  39. 39.

    Preamble para 1 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.

  40. 40.

    Article 9(7) IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.

  41. 41.

    Zuberbühler et al. 2012, Article 9 para 18. Article 9(2) contains a catalogue of provisions allowing the arbitral tribunal to limit or exclude certain evidence. Bad faith is not explicitly mentioned, but this catalogue is not exhaustive, i.e. there may be other reasons to exclude evidence.

  42. 42.

    Mavromati and Reeb 2015, Article R57, para 46.

  43. 43.

    CAS 2013/A/3139, Fenerbahçe SK v. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA), Award of 5 December 2013, para 104 et seq.; CAS 2013/A/3140, A. v. Club Atlético de Madrid SAD & Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Award of 10 October 2013, para 8.6; CAS 2008/A/1639, RCD Mallorca v. The Football Association (FA) & Newcastle United, Award of 24 April 2009, para 28 et seq.; CAS 2011/A/2360 & 2392 English Chess Federation and Georgian Chess Federation v. FIDE, Award of 3 July 2012, para 93 et seq.

  44. 44.

    SFT 127 III 429; Riemer 1990, Article 75, para 85; Sprecher 2015, para 7.2.2.

  45. 45.

    Upon request, the CAS did not provide the author of this article with a copy of the CAS award as the appeal to the SFT was partially upheld and thus the case has to be reopened, meaning that it is currently pending and confidential. From the SFT decision, one can deduce that it is about an appeal of a (Romanian) football club against nine of its players who successfully requested payment of outstanding salaries.

  46. 46.

    SFT 4A_246/2014, decision of 15 July 2015. See for an English summary of the judgment, Vosser N and Boehm H, Swiss Supreme Court partially grants petition to set aside CAS award, 26 August 2015. http://www.swlegal.ch/getdoc/c4dc5bf7-6a8a-4dd8-8390-8541c97f3093/2015_Nathalie-Voser_Hannah-Boehm_Petition-to-set-a.aspx. Accessed 10 January 2016.

  47. 47.

    CAS 2013/A/3286 & 3294, SC FC Sportul Studentesc SA v. Romanian Football Federation et al.

  48. 48.

    Nevertheless, the SFT partially set aside the CAS award for another reason. It held that the sole arbitrator had violated the appellant’s right to be heard by failing to address material arguments raised by it; SFT 4A_246/2014, para 7.2.2.

  49. 49.

    SFT 4P.196/2003 of 7 January 2004, para 4.1; Jermini and Gamba 2013, Article 15 para 11.

  50. 50.

    CAS 2010/A/2316, Stoke City FC v. Brescia Calcio (date unknown), para 71; CAS 2009/A/1757, MTK Budapest v. Inter Milan, Award of 30 July 2009; FIFA DRC decision, 23 January 2013, para 24. See Chantler M, Training compensation in football, 4 May 2013. http://www.lawinsport.com/blog/mills-reeve/item/training-compensation-in-football. Accessed 10 January 2016.

  51. 51.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, para 69.

  52. 52.

    CAS 2006/A/1152, ADO Den Haag v. Newcastle United FC, Award of 7 February 2007, para 8.16; CAS 2009/A/1757, MTK Budapest v. Inter Milan, para 7.13.

  53. 53.

    CAS 2003/O/527, Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. v. Odense Boldklub; CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa FC v. Real Racing Club Santander.

  54. 54.

    CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa FC v. Real Racing Club Santander, para 20 et seq.; CAS 2008/A/1705, Neue Grasshopper Fussball AG Zurich v. Club Alianza de Lima, para 9.4.

  55. 55.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, para 8.

  56. 56.

    Ibid., para 118.

  57. 57.

    Ibid., para 106.

  58. 58.

    See CAS 2011/A/2682, Udinese Calcio v. Helsingborgs and CAS 2006/A/1029, Maccabi Haifa v. Santander.

  59. 59.

    CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica v. FC Parma, paras 109 et. seq.

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Levy, R. (2016). CAS 2014/A/3486, MFK Dubnica V. FC Parma, Award of 2 February 2015. In: Duval, A., Rigozzi, A. (eds) Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2015. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-129-6_8

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