[article=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33240826]A Belgian court has imposed an interim order blocking European football governing body Uefa from activating new Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
The Court of First Instance referred a case brought by several claimants to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The case challenged plans to cut the deficit clubs are permitted from 45m euros (£32m) to 30m euros (£21.32m).
The claimants include football agent Daniel Striani and supporters of Manchester City and Paris St-Germain.
City and PSG were both sanctioned by Uefa last year for breaching FFP rules, which state clubs in European competition must only spend what they earn, with some limited flexibility.
Uefa president Michel Platini has already said his organisation is planning to "ease" FFP regulations, changes which could be ratified at a meeting of its executive committee in Prague next week.
Those amendments may fall in line with the court's interim order, which will remain in place until the ECJ - the European Union's highest court - reaches a ruling.
Jean-Louis Dupont, the lawyer who is leading the case for the claimants, said: "We believe that this Belgian judgement is the right answer to the FFP issue."
The Belgian court is asking the ECJ if Uefa's 'break-even rule', the centrepiece of FFP, violates EU regulations on free competition, free movement of capital, freedom to invest and free movement of works and services.[/article]
The Court of First Instance referred a case brought by several claimants to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The case challenged plans to cut the deficit clubs are permitted from 45m euros (£32m) to 30m euros (£21.32m).
The claimants include football agent Daniel Striani and supporters of Manchester City and Paris St-Germain.
City and PSG were both sanctioned by Uefa last year for breaching FFP rules, which state clubs in European competition must only spend what they earn, with some limited flexibility.
Uefa president Michel Platini has already said his organisation is planning to "ease" FFP regulations, changes which could be ratified at a meeting of its executive committee in Prague next week.
Those amendments may fall in line with the court's interim order, which will remain in place until the ECJ - the European Union's highest court - reaches a ruling.
Jean-Louis Dupont, the lawyer who is leading the case for the claimants, said: "We believe that this Belgian judgement is the right answer to the FFP issue."
The Belgian court is asking the ECJ if Uefa's 'break-even rule', the centrepiece of FFP, violates EU regulations on free competition, free movement of capital, freedom to invest and free movement of works and services.[/article]
