Official launch of the Romanian Sports Arbitration Tribunal (T.R.A.S.) – the first arbitral tribunal specialized in sports law in Romania
Official launch of the Romanian Sports Arbitration Tribunal (T.R.A.S.) – the first arbitral tribunal specialized in sports law in Romania

Summary/Abstract: In a national context where, in 2023, 4,057 judges from first level courts, regional courts and courts of appeal in Romania had to decide a total of 3,214,079 cases,2 a yearly average of 792 cases per judge, a new Arbitral Tribunal was established which aims to become the main alternative for resolving sports law disputes through a simple, fast and accessible procedure. In March 2023, the Romanian Sports Arbitration Tribunal was established as the first Romanian arbitration jurisdiction specialized in sports law. Thirteen months after its establishment, following the issuance of the first arbitral award which was rendered in just 40 days after the case submission, the official launch of the Romanian Sports Arbitration Tribunal took place in Bucharest. The event was attended by members of the sports law arbitration community and legal professionals, including arbitrators from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, commercial arbitrators, lawyers, sports club presidents, sports federation presidents, judges, former judges, members of the Superior Council of Magistracy, state secretaries, deputies, senators, judicial executors and also honoured by the presence of the National Sports Agency president, multiple Olympic gold medallist and World champion Mrs Elisabeta Lipă.

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