Legal & Institutional – Page 12
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Russian football flips out over a flipped flag
The Russian Football Union (RFU) is criticizing Adidas for supplying poor-quality football clothing, according to a Russian newspaper, Sport Express, which says that the Russian national football team refused to play against Belgium and San Marino in November in the new kit designed and supplied by the company. Most players ...
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Intersport Russia is found selling fake items
While the current Russian licensee of Intersport is winding down its loss-making operations, the court of arbitration of the Russian republic of Buryatia has found an Intersport store in the city of Ulan-Ude guilty of selling counterfeit sporting goods under the brands of Adidas, Reebok and Nike.
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ArticleFesi calls for less stringent IOC rules
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is calling for common regulations all over the European Union on the use of the sponsors’ brand names and logos in connection with the Olympic Games following a positive response by the German Cartel Office to a challenge by the German ...
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WFSGI may make an announcement soon
Robbert de Kock, president and chief executive of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), called the actions of BSI and Fesi “a step forward” in the sporting goods industry's relations with the IOC. While advocating “a more global solution,” he pointed out that the issue is very ...
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The WTO will tackle e-commerce
Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have already been tackled by organizations like the German Cartel Office and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which has a working group together with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on such topics.
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Fesi calls on Europe to complete the FTA with Vietnam
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and other organisations have written to the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to urge him to move forward with a proposed free-trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam.On Oct. 17, the European Commission approved the submission of the EU-Vietnam ...
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Lotto’s holding company is in rough legal waters
Surprisingly, an Italian court has accepted a request to place in bankruptcy proceedings Futura 5760, a holding company that indirectly controls Lotto Sport Italia. Futura, which is controlled by Andrea Tomat, president and chief executive of Lotto, owns 27 percent of Lotto’s shares and 70 percent of Next B, which ...
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Fesi calls for more concrete actions to promote sports within the EU
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is calling EU Member States to include sport and physical activities as a priority in sectors that are not principally defined as sport but where the contribution of sport has nevertheless been widely demonstrated. These areas include, for example, health, education, ...
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Big changes at Fesi
The general assembly of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has approved all the proposals put forward by its board of directors to modernize the organization and to make it more transparent and representative of the sector.Only companies whose focus is on sporting goods and their federations ...
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Fesi and Fedas work more closely, more actively
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and the European Federation of Sporting Goods Retail Associations (Fedas) have announced a new cooperation agreement that is meant to further reinforce their ongoing collaboration. The document creates a long-term framework agreement focused on a restricted number of policy areas: digital, ...
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WFSGI helps cope with labeling problems
After a pilot phase, the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has launched a digital tool, called the Compliance Labeling Requirements (CLR) Database, to help companies to navigate in the global maze of labeling guidelines. This is because one of the most basic and daunting constraints in doing ...
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Fesi will work more closely with WFSGI
The European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has announced the resignation of its president, Luca Businaro, and its secretary general, Alberto Bichi, ahead of the general assembly of the organization, which is due to be held in Brussels on Nov. 23-24. Their resignation follows a meeting of Fesi's ...
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Fesi welcomes Japan Free Trade Agreement
Leaders of the European Union and Japan signed a deal in principle on July 6 for a free trade agreement (FTA) that would create the world's largest economic zone, representing about 30 percent of the world's GDP and 40 percent of world trade.The European federation of the sporting goods industry, ...
