Committees & Expert Panels

LEGAL ADVISORY PANEL

The Legal Advisory Panel (LAP) has been created to bring together legal experts and arbitration members from ECA Member Clubs with the aim of exchanging knowledge, joining legal forces and sharing expertise in order to become better aware and informed about certain legal problems and decisions. The LAP supports the ECA Representatives involved in various dispute resolution and arbitration bodies and aims at creating best practices for ECA Member Clubs.

With the introduction of the LAP, ECA Legal Services were established. This was created with the objective to offer ECA Member Clubs general legal advice on FIFA/UEFA regulations, as well as on established jurisprudence and procedural rules of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), UEFA and FIFA. Additionally, under the auspices of the LAP, ECA offers mediation services in which a platform is provided to hear disputes of a financial nature between member clubs. As a further legal service to ECA Member Clubs, ECA publishes an annual Legal Bulletin outlining key legal and regulatory decisions taken that directly affect European football clubs.

STATUTORY AFFAIRS PANEL

The Statutory Affairs Panel is in charge of dealing with and analysing membership applications, issues of eligibility of Members and the interpretation and application of the ECA Statutes. The Statutory Affairs Panel reports directly to the ECA Executive Board on its findings and analysis.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL COMMITTEE

The overall purpose of the Women’s Football Committee is to act as a platform where issues related to women’s football, be it on European or on a worldwide level, can be discussed. The WFC is composed of representatives from ECA Member Clubs with a Women's section, as well as representatives from Women's Football clubs without a direct link to ECA Membership. The WFC Members are appointed by the ECA Executive Board based on a proposal by the WFC Chairman.

EU SOCIAL DIALOGUE COMMITTEE

The EU Social Dialogue is a platform offered by the European Commission for representatives from both employees and employers of a specific industry to discuss and agree on social and labour conditions on a European Union level. The EU Social Dialogue in professional football was created in 2008. The employers are represented by both ECA and EPFL, while employees are represented by FIFPro Division Europe. The ECA Members of the EU Social Dialogue Committee keep the ECA Executive Board informed on all developments in the EU Social Dialogue and/or will take the position of the Executive Board into account when dealing with Social Dialogue matters at EU level.