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CAS 1999/O/229 Fédération Française d’Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins (FFESSM), Federacion Espanola de Actividades Subacuaticas (FEDAS), Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquáticas (FPAS), Federacion Argentina de Actividades Subacuaticas (FAAS), Federacion Chilena de Deportes Submarinos (FCDS) v. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) (Court of Arbitration for Sport)

Why it matters

Fédération Française d’Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins (FFESSM), Federacion Espanola de Actividades Subacuaticas (FEDAS), Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquáticas (FPAS), Federacion Argentina de Actividades Subacuaticas (FAAS), Federacion Chilena de Deportes Submarinos (FCDS) v. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), a governance dispute in aquatic and underwater sports and activities decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. For a student, it shows how CAS resolves disputes over the governance of sport, the rules, elections and powers of federations.

Summary

Fédération Française d’Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins (FFESSM), Federacion Espanola de Actividades Subacuaticas (FEDAS), Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquáticas (FPAS), Federacion Argentina de Actividades Subacuaticas (FAAS), Federacion Chilena de Deportes Submarinos (FCDS) v. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS): a governance dispute in aquatic and underwater sports and activities before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 04/04/2000. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Fédération Française d’Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins (FFESSM), Federacion Espanola de Actividades Subacuaticas (FEDAS), Federação Portuguesa de Actividades Subaquáticas (FPAS), Federacion Argentina de Actividades Subacuaticas (FAAS), Federacion Chilena de Deportes Submarinos (FCDS) v. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Case number: CAS 1999/O/229

Outcome: Upheld

Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.

Issues in play: a governance dispute

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