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November 13, 2020 The Competition and Market Authority has concluded nine investigative proceedings relating to unfair clauses contained in the general conditions of contract, for season tickets and tickets, of the following Serie A football clubs:

Atalanta

Bergamasca Calcio SpA,

Cagliari

Calcio SpA,

Genoa

Cricket and Football Club SpA, FC

Internazionale

Milano SpA, SS

Lazio

SpA, AC

Milan

SpA,

Juventus

Football Club SpA, AS

Roma

SpA and

Udinese

Calcio SpA This was reported by the Authority in a note.



In detail, for the companies Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio SpA, Genoa Cricket and Football Club SpA, FC Internazionale Milano SpA, AS Roma SpA, Juventus Football Club SpA and SS Lazio SpA, the Authority ascertained the unfairness of some clauses contained in the relative contractual conditions the purchase of the annual season ticket and the ticket for the single match as the right of consumers is not recognized to: obtain a refund of part of the season ticket or of the single ticket in case of closure of the stadium or of part of the same;

obtain reimbursement of the admission ticket for the single race in case of postponement of the event caused both by facts attributable to the company and by circumstances beyond the latter's responsibility;

be compensated for the damage if these events are directly attributable to the company.



The Cagliari Calcio SpA company has prepared a new formulation of the clauses suitable for resolving the contested aspects of oppression limited to some profiles.

However, the judgment of vexatiousness remains for the clauses that exclude the reimbursement of the access ticket in cases other than the culpable breach of the company. the object of the proceeding is the removal of the oppressive profiles in the new versions of the contractual conditions adopted after the communications of the initiation of the proceedings.



The Antitrust Authority has ordered that an extract of the measures be published on the homepage of the nine companies' websites for 30 consecutive days