English rugby premiership salary cap

16.1.2012

Question for written answer E-000414/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
John Bufton (EFD)

Do the English rugby premiership salary cap and the new Irish Rugby Football Union ‘position specific/one contract’ restrictions comply with European law, especially in relation to competition and employment, as they affect the pan-European multi-Member-State Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup competitions?

Is a restriction excluding a player from selection for the England rugby team if he is attached to a French or Italian rugby club a restriction on the free movement of labour?

OJ C 75 E, 14/03/2013