The European Union competences in the field of sports until 2015

For the sake of a more adequate understanding of meeting public needs through the field of sports, which is often a constitutional category among the Member States, it is necessary to take into account the positioning of sports in the strategic framework of the functioning of the European Union. The basis for looking at this issue stems from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which predicts specific competencies regarding the implementation of coordinated policy in the field of sports, as well as a number of documents that were created on the fundamental values of sports, established by the European Sports Charter and the Code of Sports Ethics. For national policies, the EU competences are of importance in view of the process of harmonization of legislation with the acquis communautaire, regardless of whether it is a special piece of legislation in the field of sports, i.e., lex specialis or the mentioned field is regulated by the lex generalis on the other side. In practical terms, the underlying purpose provides iure imperii, which includes in extenso subjects starting with the ratio materiae.