Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-13-Speech-2-162"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20010313.12.2-162"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
Madam President, let me thank Mr Cushnahan for his support. We have indeed succeeded in providing more than a solution to the problem of Community law pure and simple; we have also guaranteed stability for young people and also solidarity and protection. Regarding the solidarity fund, there are two solidarity systems in place to compensate the training clubs. Firstly, at the time of a transfer, training costs are reimbursed for the club responsible for training the young player, and that is applicable up to the age of 12. There are two reasons, however, why these allocations cannot be too high. Firstly we must adhere to the Bosman judgment. Secondly if training fees were too high, then it would be too difficult for young footballers to be transferred from one club to another, all but the very best players. However, we have to also protect footballers and young teenagers, so training fees must not be too high.
The second component is the solidarity fund. This solidarity fund will be sustained by a 5% levy on each compensation payment for transfer. In this respect it is the player’s value and not the money invested in training him which will count. There will therefore be a duplicate transfer system for clubs offering training. My hope – and this has been my objective in negotiating – is that the money will get back to the clubs at grass roots level which are so necessary in giving European sport a social dimension. Such clubs play a prime social role in our villages and small towns and they must be given the opportunity to continue this work.
We preferred not to prevent the free movement of young African players or, as you said, youths from third countries so as not to hinder the free movement of European youth, but we did seek to impose some conditions on the way that third-country nationals were treated by clubs offering training. The problem arises not in their travelling but in the way they are treated in the host country. The code of conduct is intended to ensure that the clubs offering training actually take proper charge of these young people and do not train them simply as sportsmen but offer them an all-round education and preparation for life, for of course not everyone who has received sports training will become football stars or even have a professional career in the game. Of course, the young people that are accepted into the European Union, even if they come from third countries, will benefit from equal treatment. According to this code of conduct, not only will no distinction be made between young people from European countries and those from candidate countries, but young third-country nationals that have entered the European Union legally will also have the opportunity to be treated on the same terms. You may rest assured that the Commission will carefully monitor the framing and implementation of this code of conduct. I am sure, ladies and gentlemen, that you too, as Members of the European Parliament, in your work at grassroots level, will note the way in which the code of conduct has been implemented.
On the subject of the free movement of young people from third countries, FIFA has stated that this was not within our remit since we had power to regulate only within the European Union. Outside the European Union and associated countries they intended to purely and simply ban the transfer of youths of less than 18 years of age. This is a unilateral decision by FIFA which must therefore apply to citizens from third countries."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples